Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 17/01/2023
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy supplies its services at a distance, and it is located in a residential area. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions which are supplied to people and people in care homes predominantly in East London. It offers the New Medicine Service (NMS) and a delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It keeps the records it needs to keep by law, and these are largely kept accurate and up to date. And it protects people’s personal information appropriately. People can provide feedback about the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload appropriately. Team members discuss any issues as they arise. And the pharmacy does some planning to assess its future staffing needs.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are suitable for the pharmacy's services and are generally clean and secure. The Pharmacy's website gives people information about who is providing its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources and manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. Team members take the right action when safety alerts are received, to ensure that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services.
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 |