Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 27/11/2025
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Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located in a residential area within a parade of shops. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. And it sells medicines over the counter. It also sells General Sales List items both in the pharmacy and online. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people in the community, as well as to some people in care homes. The pharmacy offers some other NHS services such as flu and Covid vaccinations and Pharmacy First. And it also offers some private services, including a prescribing service and a travel vaccination service delivered against patient group directions (PGDs).
This was a full routine inspection of the pharmacy. The pharmacy was last inspected in February 2022 with standards met.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |