Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 13/06/2019
Pharmacy context
A Rowlands pharmacy located in a medical centre in Caversham, Reading. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, sells a range of over‐the‐counter medicines and provides health advice. The pharmacy also dispenses some medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids for those who may have difficulty managing their medicines at home. The pharmacy also provides a supervised consumption service and a local delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Pharmacy team members deal with their mistakes responsibly. But, they are not reviewing them regularly so they may be missing opportunities to prevent similar mistakes happening in future.
The pharmacy generally keeps the records it needs to by law. But team members don't always record all of the details, which can make it harder to resolve any queries that may arise in the future. The pharmacy protects people’s personal information and team members understand how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team are appropriately trained for their roles. Team members work in a supportive environment where they feel able to raise concerns if needed. They feel able to use their own professional judgement. But, several members of the team are not permanent employees, which could make it harder to follow things up with people.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises are secure and suitable for the provision of its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy generally delivers its services in a safe and effective manner. But, team members do not always record relevant safety checks when people receive higher risk medicines and they are also unaware of updated safety warnings for some medicines. This makes it difficult for them to show that they always provide appropriate advice when these medicines are supplied. The pharmacy sources and stores medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has appropriate equipment and facilities to provide its services safely.
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 |