Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/06/2023
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in a semi-rural village outside Winchester. The pharmacy is open six days a week and dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, sells a range of over-the-counter medicines, and provides health advice. It also offers the New Medicine Service (NMS), local deliveries and seasonal flu vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has suitable written procedures in place to help ensure that its team members work safely. It adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services and team members respond appropriately when mistakes happen. And they take suitable action to prevent mistakes in the future. The pharmacy has insurance to cover its services. And it completes the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy team knows how to protect the safety of vulnerable people. And it protects people’s confidential information properly.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff with the right skills to manage its workload. The team is sufficiently supported, and team members keeps their knowledge up to date. The team are able to provide feedback so that they can improve the quality of the pharmacy's services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises provide a suitable environment for people to receive its services. They are bright, tidy and organised. And they are sufficiently clean and secure.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and it makes them accessible for people. The pharmacy gets its medicines and medical devices from appropriate sources. And it makes the necessary checks to ensure that the pharmacy’s medicines and devices are safe to use to protect people’s health and wellbeing. The pharmacy stores its medicines properly.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide services safely. And it keeps them clean. The pharmacy uses its facilities and equipment to keep people's private information safe.
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 |