Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/12/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located in a parade of shops. People who use the pharmacy are mainly from the local area. A surgery is situated across the road from the pharmacy and another two surgeries are five and ten minutes away. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help managing their medicines. It provides Medicines Use Reviews, the New Medicine Service and provides flu vaccinations. The pharmacy also provides an INR service as part of which people are supplied with warfarin.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. The pharmacy asks its customers for their views. It largely keeps the records it needs to so that medicines are supplied safely and legally. Team members know how to safeguard vulnerable people. They work to written procedures to help provide the pharmacy’s services safely. The team members generally respond appropriately when mistakes happen during the dispensing process. This helps them prevent similar mistakes from happening in the future and make the services safer.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to provide its services safely. They have completed or are doing the required accredited training for their roles. They do ongoing training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. And they feel comfortable about raising any concerns.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are suitable for the pharmacy’s services and are largely clean, tidy and well maintained. Space is effectively managed to improve the work flow. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally provides its services safely and effectively. It gets its stock from reputable sources and mostly stores it properly. The pharmacy takes the right action in response to safety alerts to make sure that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
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 |