Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/03/2022
Pharmacy context
This is a newly registered out-patient pharmacy inside South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields. It mainly supplies prescriptions to hospital outpatients and to a small number of inpatients. It also sells a small range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses private prescriptions to people. The inspection was undertaken during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective. It protects people’s private information and keeps the records it needs to by law. People are able to give feedback about the services provided. Team members follow written instructions to make sure they work safely, and they learn from their mistakes. They understand how to safeguard and support vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy delivers its service in a safe and effective manner, providing people with plenty of detailed advice about their medicines. It identifies people supplied with high-risk medicines so that they can give extra information to help them take their medicines safely. The pharmacy sources, stores and manages its medicines safely, and so makes sure that all the medicines it supplies are fit for purpose. It responds well to drug alerts or product recalls to make sure that people only get medicines or devices which are safe for them to take or use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has adequate facilities for the services it provides, and it makes sure that they are correctly used. It also ensures that it keeps people’s private information safe and secure.
Pharmacy details
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
South Tyneside District Hospital
Harton Lane
South Shields
NE340PL
England
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 |