Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/05/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a health centre pharmacy in a suburban area of Rochdale. It mainly serves the local population. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescription medicines, and a large number of people receive their medicines in weekly multi-compartment compliance packs to help make sure they take them safely. The pharmacy also provides the NHS hypertension service, New Medicine Service (NMS) and the NHS Pharmacy First Service.
This was a desktop reinspection following an inspection in March 2025 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 4.3. This reinspection focused on the Standard which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection the pharmacy had started monitoring and recording the fridge temperatures consistently and the branch had been sent a temperature data logger.
Inspection summary findings
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 |