Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 17/09/2019
Pharmacy context
A community pharmacy set in a row of shops in the centre of Godalming. The pharmacy opens six days a week. It sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It supplies medicines to a few care homes and provides multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines. It delivers medicines to people who can’t attend its premises in person. And it offers winter influenza (flu) vaccinations and a paid-for travel clinic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has written procedures to help make sure its team works safely. It adequately monitors the safety of its services. It has appropriate insurance to protect people if things do go wrong. It generally keeps all the records it needs to by law. And it asks people using its services for their views. People who work in the pharmacy can explain what they do, what they’re responsible for and when they might seek help. They identify and manage risks appropriately. They understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. And they usually keep people’s private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to deliver its services safely. And it encourages its team members to provide feedback and keep their knowledge up to date. But it doesn’t always make sure its staff are put upon the right training course at the right time. The pharmacy team makes appropriate decisions about what is right for the people it cares for. Staff know how to raise a concern if they have one. And their professional judgement and patient safety are not affected by targets.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a suitable environment for people to receive healthcare. And its premises are clean and tidy.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective. It provides services that people can access. It delivers prescription medicines to people’s homes and keeps records to show that it has delivered the right medicine to the right person. And it gets its medicines from reputable sources and it usually stores them appropriately and securely. The pharmacy’s team members check stocks of medicines to make sure they are fit for purpose. And they generally dispose of people’s waste medicines safely too.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment and the facilities 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 |