Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/08/2019
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is on a high street in Harbury Village. It has been under the same ownership for the past fifteen years. Most of the NHS prescriptions it dispenses are generated by the local surgery nearby. The pharmacy offers Medicines Use Reviews, the New Medicine Service (NMS) and dispenses medications in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who have difficulty in managing their medicines. It also offers a prescription delivery service upon request and influenza vaccinations seasonally.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has safe and effective working practices. It manages risks appropriately by recording and reviewing any mistakes its staff makes. And it keeps people’s private information safe. It asks people for their views and uses their feedback to improve its services where possible. It keeps the records required by law to ensure that medicines are supplied safely and legally. The pharmacy has safeguarding procedures and its team members understand how they can help to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharamcy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They work well together and they have the right skills to provide services safely and effectively. They are well supported by their superintendent pharmacist to undertake ongoing training to keep their skills and knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are safe, secure, and adequate for the pharmacy's services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy delivers its services in a safe and effective manner, and people receive the advice and support they need to help them to use their medicines appropriately. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reliable sources and stores them properly. And it takes the right action if any medicines or devices are not safe to use, to protect people’s health and wellbeing.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the facilities and equipment to deliver its services safely and effectively.
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 |