Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 08/05/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy situated in the town centre of Harphurey, Manchester. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions, private prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. It also provides a range of services including COVID-19 vaccinations, seasonal flu vaccinations, the NHS Pharmacy First service, and emergency hormonal contraception. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people to help them take their medicines at the right time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, and this helps them to provide services in a safe and effective manner. The pharmacy generally keeps the records according to the requirements. And members of the team understand the need to keep people’s private information safe. But they do not always record things that go wrong, to help review their work and identify learning opportunities.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage the workload safely. And they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. Members of the pharmacy team complete some additional training to help them keep their knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided. A consultation room is available for people to have a private conversation with a member of the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are easy to access, and it manages and provides them safely. It gets its medicines from licensed sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition. But members of the pharmacy team do not always know when they are supplying higher-risk medicines. So, they might not always be able to check that the medicines are still suitable or give people advice about taking them.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
Pharmacy details
Unit 19
Harpurhey Shopping Centre
Lee Road
Manchester
M94DH
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 |