Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 12/03/2025
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Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located next door to a medical centre on the edge of the town and is open extended hours. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and supplies some people with medicines in multi‐ compartment compliance packs to help them manage their medicines. It also provides the NHS Pharmacy First service, seasonal flu vaccinations and a blood pressure check service.
This was a reinspection following an inspection in November 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 4.2. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Following the last inspection, the team had reviewed the written procedures (SOPs) that were related to the dispensing of medcines into multi-compartment compliance packs. Team members now referred to the prescriptions when picking medicine stock and assembling the packs to help make sure the process was completed safely. Packs were also labelled with the dates that they had been prepared so that there was a clear record of this.
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 |