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Gt. Berry Pharmacy (1031017)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 19/02/2024

Pharmacy context

This community pharmacy is located next to a medical centre near the town of Basildon. It provides a variety of services including dispensing of NHS prescriptions, the New Medicine Service (NMS) and seasonal flu vaccinations through a patient group direction (PGD).

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

Overall, the pharmacy appropriately manages the risks associated with its services. And its team members record and regularly review any dispensing mistakes. The pharmacy largely keeps the records its needs to by law. And it has appropriate insurance arrangements in place. People can provide feedback or make complaints about the pharmacy’s services. And team members protect people’s personal information.  

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

The pharmacy has just enough team members to manage its workload. And team members do the right training for their roles. They have regular ongoing training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. And they have a regular formal review of their progress. Team members feel comfortable about raising any concerns they have.

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

The pharmacy is generally clean and tidy and provides a safe and appropriate environment for people to access its services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area. And the pharmacy is kept secure from unauthorised access.

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

On the whole, the pharmacy provides its services safely. It gets its medicines from reputable sources and generally  stores its medicines appropriately. The pharmacy can cater to people with different needs. And the team takes the right action in response to safety alerts to help ensure that people get medicines which are fit for purpose.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment to provide its services safely. And it protects people’s privacy when using its equipment.

Pharmacy details

Unit 4 Gt Berry Centre
Nightingales
Langdon Hills
BASILDON
SS166SA
England

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards