Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 20/03/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people who need help remembering to take their medicines at the right times. And it supplies medicines to people living in care homes. The pharmacy team advises on minor ailments and medicines’ use.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Pharmacy team members follow safe working practices. And they manage dispensing risks to keep services safe. Team members recognise and appropriately respond to safeguarding concerns about vulnerable people. They suitably protect people's private information and keep the records they need to by law. Pharmacy team members discuss mistakes they make to learn from them. And they make some records to help them reduce the risk of similar mistakes occurring.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a small team with the necessary qualifications and skills to safely provide the pharmacy's services. They complete some additional training to maintain their knowledge and skills. They manage their workload well and support each other as they work. And they feel comfortable raising concerns. The pharmacy has adequate procedures in place to help its team manage the workload in the event of unplanned staff absence.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services it provides. They are clean, secure, and well maintained. And the pharmacy has a suitable, sound‐proofed room where people can have private conversations with the pharmacy's team members.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy manages its services well to help people look after their health. It correctly sources its medicines, and it completes regular checks of them to make sure they are in date and suitable to supply. And the pharmacy team provides appropriate advice to people about their medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services. And it uses its facilities to suitably protect people’s private 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 |