Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 29/06/2026
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in a residential area of Ashington, Northumberland. Its main services include dispensing of NHS prescriptions, and it provides medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to help people take them properly. Team members advise on minor ailments and medicines use. Pharmacy team members provide other healthcare services including the NHS Pharmacy First Service. And the pharmacist provides a private face to face medicated weight loss prescribing service. This was a reinspection following an inspection in February 2026 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.2, 4.3 and 4.4. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection, the pharmacy records errors made during the dispensing process. And it reviews these monthly to identify themes and implement actions to reduce the risk of the same errors happening again. All patient-returned medicines are now stored as they should be. Improvements have been made to the recording of fridge temperatures. And there have been amendments to the pharmacy procedure for checking expiry dates of medicines. The pharmacy follows a consistent process for managing recalled medicines and maintains a log of actioned recalls. The pharmacy has also acted on an area for improvement identified during the last inspection. And it now keeps complete certificates of conformity for unlicensed medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |