Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 08/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is in a large medical centre in a suburb of Leeds. The pharmacy’s main activities are dispensing NHS prescriptions, delivering medicines to people’s homes and selling over-the-counter medicines. The pharmacy provides the seasonal flu vaccination service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It completes the records it needs to by law and it mostly protects people’s private information. The pharmacy provides its team members with training and guidance to help them respond to safeguarding concerns. The team acts appropriately when mistakes happen to help prevent future mistakes and improve the safety of the pharmacy services.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a team with the appropriate range of experience and skills to safely provide its services. Team members work well together and are good at supporting each other in their day-to-day work and when completing their training. They discuss ideas and implement new processes to enhance the delivery of the pharmacy’s services. The team members have opportunities to receive feedback and complete training to develop their knowledge and skills.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean, secure and suitable for the services provided. And the pharmacy has appropriate facilities to meet the needs of people requiring privacy when using the pharmacy services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides services which are easily accessible for people. And it manages its services well to help people receive appropriate care. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable sources and it stores them properly. The team generally carries out checks to make sure medicines are in good condition and appropriate to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It makes sure it uses its equipment appropriately to protect people’s confidential information.
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 |