Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 16/08/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a traditional pharmacy situated in a residential area on a busy main road, serving the local population. It mainly prepares NHS prescription medicines and it supplies some of them in weekly compliance packs to help make sure people take their medicines safely. The pharmacy also provides other NHS services such as Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) and minor ailment consultations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages risks related to its services well. The pharmacy team follows written instructions to help make sure it provides safe services. The team records and reviews any mistakes so that it can learn from them and it keeps people’s information secure.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to provide safe and effective services. Team members work well together and have the qualifications necessary for their roles. They complete some ongoing training, but this is not effectively planned. So, it may not always meet their needs or make sure their knowledge is up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean, safe, secure and spacious enough for the pharmacy’s services. It has a private consultation room, so members of the public can have confidential conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s working practices help make sure people receive safe and
efficient services. It gets its medicines from licensed suppliers and it generally manages these effectively to make sure they are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment that it needs to provide its services effectively. And the team has the facilities to secure people's 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 |