Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 11/04/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy inside a GP health centre. The pharmacy sells over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS prescriptions. It also dispenses private prescriptions. The pharmacy team offers advice to people about minor illnesses and long-term conditions. It also supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs to people living in their own homes. And administers flu vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has adequate processes and written procedures available for the team to use. This protects the safety, welfare and wellbeing of people using its services. And it keeps the records it must by law. The pharmacy advertises how people can provide feedback and raise concerns about its services. And it keeps people’s private information safe. The pharmacy has adequate processes readily available to its team members, to help protect the welfare of vulnerable people. The pharmacy’s team members record errors that happen with dispensing. And they discuss their learning. But, they don’t always record all the details of why errors happen. So, they may miss out on learning opportunities.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is secure and is adequately maintained. The pharmacy has facilities in place, which allows people to have private conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy advertises the services available to people. And it makes them accessible. It manages its services well with effective processes. The pharmacy team take extra care when they supply high-risk medicines to people. And they provide advice and information to help people take their medicines safely. The pharmacy has adequate processes in place to ensure that the medicines they supply to people are fit for purpose. But it doesn’t comply with the recently implemented falsified medicines directive. And so, it can’t evidence that all its medicines are fit for purpose.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The equipment and facilities the pharmacy uses in the delivery of services are clean, safe and protect people’s confidentiality.
Pharmacy details
Earlsheaton Medical Centre
252; Wakefield Road
Earlsheaton
DEWSBURY
WF128AH
England
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 |