Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 22/06/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is inside HMP Leeds a category B male prison. The pharmacy supplies individually labelled medicines to the prison wings for people to take as in-possession or as supervised doses. The pharmacy also provides medicine stock to the healthcare units in the wings. The pharmacy team supports the administration of medicines to people on the wings and people have some access to the pharmacist for advice on their medication.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. The pharmacy protects people’s private information. And it keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy has up-to-date written procedures for the team to follow to help ensure the pharmacy’s services are provided safely. The pharmacy team members respond appropriately when errors happen. They identify what caused the error and they act to prevent future mistakes. The team members have a clear understanding of safeguarding and how to raise a concern.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a team with a range of experience and skills to support its services. Team members work well together and are good at supporting each other in their day-to-day work. The team members discuss ideas to enhance the delivery of the pharmacy’s services to ensure people receive safe and effective care. The pharmacy provides team members with ongoing training and they receive some level of feedback on their performance. So, they can develop their skills and knowledge.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are appropriate for the services the pharmacy provides. And the pharmacy is suitably clean, hygienic, and secure.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally provides its services safely and it manages its services well to help people receive appropriate care. The pharmacy supports the team to introduce changes to the way medicines are supplied to people to ensure they have effective 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 safe services. The team keeps the equipment clean and uses the equipment to help protect people’s personal 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 |