Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/09/2022
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located close to the centre of Derby and is opposite a medical centre. People who use the pharmacy are from the local community and a home delivery service is available. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions, and it provides other NHS funded services. The pharmacy team dispenses medicines into multi-compartment compliance packs for people to help make sure they remember to take them.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy manages the risks associated with its services to make sure people receive appropriate care. There are written procedures available to help the pharmacy team to know how to work safely. They discuss their mistakes so that they can learn from them, and they make changes to stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The pharmacy team keeps people’s information safe and they understand their role in supporting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough
team members to manage its main dispensing workload and the services that it
provides. But recent staff changes and reliance on temporary staff means the
team is inexperienced, which may make it less effective. The team members plan absences
in advance, so the pharmacy has enough cover. They work well together in a
supportive environment, and they can raise concerns and make suggestions.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive healthcare services. The pharmacy team uses a consultation room for some services and if people want to have a conversation in private.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy offers a range
of healthcare services which are easy for people to access. It generally
manages its services and supplies medicines safely. The pharmacy obtains its
medicines from licensed suppliers and stores them securely. But it does not
regularly check its stock medicines so it cannot provide assurance that they
are always kept in good condition. People receive appropriate advice about
their medicines when collecting their prescriptions.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. The team uses this equipment in a way that keeps people’s information safe.
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 |