Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 20/09/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a traditional high street village pharmacy in Cheshire. It mainly dispenses NHS prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. It dispenses medicines for people living in care homes and supplies some medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines properly. It delivers medicines to people’s homes and to care homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies the risks associated with providing its services. And it mostly keeps accurate records as required by law. Pharmacy team members record, discuss and learn from mistakes they make. They keep people’s confidential information secure, and they dispose of confidential waste as they should. They understand what to do if they have a concern about the welfare of a vulnerable person.
Principle 2. Staff
Members of the pharmacy team have the necessary skills and knowledge to provide services safely and effectively. And the pharmacy supports them to complete the qualification training they need for their roles. They work together well to manage the workload and they feel comfortable to suggest ideas to improve the way they work.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are adequate for the provision of pharmacy services. And they are secure and reasonably clean and hygienic. The pharmacy has a room where people can have private conversations with team members. But it doesn’t portray a professional image from which to provide consultation services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy manages and delivers its services safely. And it plans its workload for dispensing medicines for people living in care homes well, so they receive their medicines when they need them. The pharmacy obtains medicines from recognised suppliers, and it manages its medicines as it should. Team members make regular checks of medicines to make sure they are suitable to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment for the services it provides. And the team uses the equipment and facilities in ways to keep people’s confidential information safe.
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 |