Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 30/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located next to a Northampton community centre. The pharmacy mainly dispenses NHS prescriptions from local surgeries. It provides Medicines Use Review (MUR) and New Medicine Service (NMS) consultations to people. And it supplies some medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages its risks well. Its team members record and discuss mistakes so that improvements can be made. The pharmacy has written procedures to safely provide its services, but these are not always regularly reviewed. So, these procedures may not represent the pharmacy’s current practice. The pharmacy keeps the legal records that it needs to and makes sure that they are accurate. Its team members know how to appropriately manage confidential information and can protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to safely provide its services. Its team members are appropriately qualified and competently perform their roles. The pharmacy provides some ongoing training, so its team members can keep their knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy safely provides its services from suitable premises.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely. It sources its medicines from reputable suppliers and generally makes sure that they are fit for purpose. The pharmacy’s
team members identify higher-risk medicines and largely provide suitable advice to make sure people use their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy keeps its equipment and facilities maintained appropriately so it can safely provide its services.
Pharmacy details
Far Cotton Community Centre
Delapre Crescent Road
NORTHAMPTON
NN48NG
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 |