Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 26/11/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy provides an NHS homecare medicines service which involves delivering ongoing medicine supplies direct to people’s homes or their clinics. All of these treatments are initially prescribed by hospital prescribers. The pharmacy is located within a hospital and the premises is not open to the public. The Company is registered with the MHRA and holds a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy manages it’s risks safely and effectively. It has a set of written procedures which team members follow to ensure they work safely. And the pharmacy records and reviews its mistakes so that it can learn from them and prevent similar mistakes happening again. People can contact the pharmacy to raise a complaint. And it keeps the records it needs to by law.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough, suitably trained staff to manage it’s workload safely and effectively. Team members receive time to complete ongoing training. And they are comfortable about giving feedback or raising any concerns they may have.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for providing healthcare services. They are clean and well maintained. The pharmacy is kept secure from unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely. And it makes its services accessible. It obtains medicines from licensed wholesalers and stores it appropriately. Team members carry out the necessary checks to ensure medicines are safe to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services effectively. And it maintains its equipment so it is safe to use.
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 |