Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located adjacent to a medical centre in Tidworth. It serves a mixed local population including army personnel and young families. The pharmacy opens six days a week. The pharmacy sells a range of over-the-counter medicines, dispenses NHS prescriptions and supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids for people to use living in their own homes and also care homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has written procedures to help make sure the team works safely. Pharmacy team members record and review some mistakes that happen and use this to learn from their mistakes. Pharmacy team members are clear about their roles and responsibilities. The pharmacy asks its customers and staff for their views and uses this to improve services. It manages and protects people’s confidential information and it tells people how their private information will be used. The pharmacy generally maintains all the records that it must keep by law. However, details were missing from some of its records. This means the pharmacy may not have a complete audit trail or be able to show exactly what has happened if any problems arise.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy staff have the appropriate skills, qualifications and training to deliver services safely and effectively. The pharmacy team members work well together. They are comfortable about providing feedback and raising concerns and are involved in improving pharmacy services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy generally provides a safe and appropriate environment for the provision of pharmacy services. The pharmacy team generally protects people’s private information and the pharmacy is secure and protected from unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Pharmacy services are accessible, effectively managed and safely delivered, pharmaceutical stock is generally appropriately obtained, stored and supplied. Where a medicinal product is not fit for purpose, the team take appropriate action.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment and facilities to provide the services offered. The pharmacy uses its facilities to protect patient privacy.
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 |