Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/12/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a traditional community pharmacy, situated in a small pedestrianised retail shopping location in a suburban residential area, serving the local population. It mainly prepares NHS prescription medicines, and it manages some people's repeat prescriptions on their behalf. A large number of people also receive their medicines in weekly multi‐compartment compliance packs to help make sure they take them safely. The pharmacy provides other NHS services including the New Medicine Service (NMS), Pharmacy First, hypertension case finding. It also has a home delivery service.This was a routine inspection of the pharmacy which focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was last inspected in April 2016.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Pharmacy details
21a-22 Cheadle Hulme
Shopping Precint
Station Road
Cheadle
SK8 5BB
UK
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 |