Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 29/01/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in Dunfermline. It dispenses NHS prescriptions including supplying medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs. The pharmacy provides substance misuse services and dispenses private prescriptions. Pharmacy team members advise on minor ailments and supply over‐the‐counter medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Pharmacy team members follow safe working practices. And they manage dispensing risks to keep services safe. The pharmacy keeps all the records that it should, making sure they are easily accessible. Its team members have an appropriate understanding of their role in helping protect vulnerable people. They manage and protect people’s confidential information well.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely and effectively. Pharmacy team members work well together and can make suggestions to improve safety where appropriate.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises provide a secure and professional environment for people to receive its services. The team keeps them clean and tidy, presenting a suitably professional image. The premises include a private room which the team uses to provide some of its services and for private conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally manages its services well to help people look after their health. It correctly sources its medicines, and completes checks of them to make sure they are suitable to supply to people. And it takes the right action when it receives an alert about the safety of a medicine.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services. And it uses its facilities to suitably protect people’s private information.
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 |