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Central Chemist (1040897)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 19/05/2026

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Pharmacy context

This is an independent pharmacy situated off a main road, in a parade of shops on a residential area. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions. Other services that the pharmacy offers include NMS, Pharmacy First service, Hypertension Case-Finding service, free contraception, flu vaccination service and lateral flow device test kits. It supplies multi-compartment compliance packs for people in the community who need this additional support. It also provides a supervised administration service for certain medicines. This was a desktop reinspection following an inspection in April 2026 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 4.3. This reinspection focused on the Standard which had previously not been met. The pharmacy has provided evidence demonstrating that an expiry date checking process has now been implemented to monitor the expiry dates of medicines.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Pharmacy details

3 Brewery Road
Plumstead
LONDON
SE18 7PS
UK

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards