Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 25/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in a rural village close to a medical centre. Most people who use the pharmacy are from the local area. The pharmacy dispenses mainly NHS prescriptions and sells a range of over-the-counter medicines. It supplies some medicines in multi-compartment devices to help people take their medicines at the right time. The pharmacy changed ownership around two and a half years ago.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately manages risks and completes all the records that it needs to by law. Members of the pharmacy team record some of their mistakes, so that they can learn from them and they act to help stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The team members keep people's private information safe. And they complete training so they know how to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team members are qualified or complete training for the jobs they do. They get some ongoing training to help them keep up to date. But they do not always record this, so they might not identify gaps in their knowledge. The team members work well together and have opportunities to discuss issues informally together.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean and provide a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive healthcare.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible to most people and they are generally well managed, so people receive their medicines safely.The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable sources. And it stores and manages them appropriately to help make sure they are safe to use. It has systems in place which provide assurance that medicines are fit for purpose.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely.
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 |