Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/01/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a private pharmacy in Sevenoaks town centre. It offers private services using patient group directions for weight loss, travel vaccines and the chicken pox and meningitis B vaccines. Other services include blood pressure checks, phlebotomy, and ECGs. The pharmacy also offers a face-to-face prescribing service where private prescriptions are issued by a pharmacist independant prescriber. At the time of the inspection, only a small number of prescriptions had been issued as part of this service.
This was the first inspection of the pharmacy since it registered in June 2024.
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 |