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Cowley Pharmacy (1117565)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 25/06/2025

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Pharmacy context

The pharmacy is in a parade of businesses and nearby residential area in central Oxford. It is near a busy health centre. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, gives health advice and sells over‐the‐counter medicines. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs for people who find it difficult to take their medicines at the correct time. The pharmacy’s services include substance misuse, needle exchange, take-home naloxone, Pharmacy First, new medicines service, weight loss (NHS), contraceptive service and emergency hormonal contraception, blood pressure case-finding and delivery.

This was a full routine inspection of the pharmacy. The pharmacy was last inspected in March 2018.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Pharmacy details

258 Cowley Road
OXFORD
OX4 1UH
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