Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 15/01/2025
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Pharmacy context
This extended hours pharmacy is located on a busy main road, opposite a health centre in Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent. Its main activity is dispensing prescriptions, and it offers some services such as the supervised consumption of medicines and the New Medicine Service. A medicine delivery service is available, and the pharmacy supplies some people with medicines in multi-compartment compliance to help them take their medicines.
This was a reinspection following an inspection in June 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.2 and 4.3. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. The pharmacy had taken action to correct the failed standards. This included the introduction of a near miss log and a review of mistakes which was then discussed with its team members. And it had implemented a new method to monitor its fridge temperatures to help make sure cold chain medicines were stored appropriately so that they remain safe to supply.
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 |