Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/07/2025
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Pharmacy context
This city centre community pharmacy is situated on a busy main road. It is open extended hours late into the evening, seven days a week. The pharmacy mainly prepares NHS prescription medicines. It provides other NHS services including emergency hormonal contraceptive (EHC), substance misuse treatment, Pharmacy First, urgent medication supply and palliative care. The pharmacy also supplies medicines in response to private prescriptions and over-the-counter treatment for erectile dysfunction.This was a reinspection following an inspection in December 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 1.6. This reinspection focused on the Standard which had previously not been met. The pharmacy has made improvements to its record keeping and the responsible pharmacist records are now consistently completed and legible.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
What do the inspection outcomes mean?
After an inspection each pharmacy receives one overall outcome. This will be either Standards met or Standards not all met
The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies | |
The pharmacy has not met one or more of the standards for registered pharmacies |
What do the summary findings for each principle mean?
The standards for registered pharmacies are made up of five principles. The pharmacy will also receive one of four possible findings for each of these principles. These are:
The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards | |
The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards | |
The pharmacy meets all the standards | |
The pharmacy has not met one or more standards |
Inspection History
- December 2024 - View inspection report (PDF 118.0KB)
- December 2024 - Improvement action plan
- March 2024 - View inspection report (PDF 115.7KB)
- March 2024 - Improvement action plan
- April 2021 - View inspection report (PDF 116.0KB)
- September 2019 - View inspection report (PDF 116.8KB)
- September 2019 - Improvement action plan