Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 27/04/2021
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is on the outskirts of Bury and provides its services at a distance. People do not access the pharmacy premises to obtain their medicines. The pharmacy mainly dispenses NHS prescriptions including to people living in care homes. And it delivers people's medicines to their homes. It dispenses medicines to some people in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines correctly. This pharmacy was inspected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks with its services. It keeps the records it must by law, and it keeps people’s private information secure. Pharmacy team members know the importance of their role in safeguarding vulnerable people. Pharmacy team members record some errors they make. But there is little evidence the pharmacy analyses these errors to learn from them and improve services.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has team members with the skills to manage the services it provides. They support each other and manage the workload well. The pharmacy provides some informal ongoing training. But doesn’t always enrol its team members on required qualification training courses in a timely manner.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are appropriate for the services the pharmacy provides. And they are suitably clean, hygienic and secure.
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 |