Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 29/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located amongst a parade of shops in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. A range of people use the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It provides services such as Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) and the New Medicines Service (NMS). And, it supplies some people with their medicines inside multi-compartment compliance aids, if they find it difficult to take their medicines on time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |