Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/11/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located on an industrial estate in St Helens. It operates as a dispensing hub for other pharmacy branches in the company and is not open to the public. It assembles medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids and sends them to the pharmacy branches for supply to people. All patient contact is handled by the pharmacy branches.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, and this helps to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy's services. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And members of the team are given training so that they know how to keep private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough staff to manage the pharmacy's workload and they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. But members of the team do not complete additional training or have formal performance reviews. So there may be missed opportunities to help members of the team to develop and expand their skills.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided. And are kept clean and maintained to a level expected of a healthcare setting.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy manages and provides its services safely. It has effective procedures for compliance aids to be assembled in an efficient manner. And it keeps records so that it can demonstrate accountability of each stage of the process.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they clean the equipment so that it is fit for use.
Pharmacy details
Unit 3
Bedford Street
Parr Industrial Estate
St. Helens
WA91PN
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 |