Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/06/2026
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Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is situated on a high street in the town of Ditton in Widnes. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions, private prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. It also provides a range of services including seasonal flu and COVID vaccinations, and the NHS Pharmacy First service. The pharmacy supplies some people with medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help them take their medicines at the right time. This was a reinspection following an inspection in December 2025 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.6, 4.3 and 4.4. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. The pharmacy had review and updated its records for higher risk medicines and to ensure they were accurate and up to date. Storage of higher risk medicines had been improved to help ensure these are kept safe. The pharmacy had signed up to MHRA emails for medicine recalls and alerts, and the pharmacy had actioned the latest emails it had received.
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 |