Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/05/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is inside HMP Oakwood near Wolverhampton. Pharmacy team members dispense medicines to seven prisons across the West Midlands. And they provide some of these medicines to people in multi-compartment compliance packs. The inspection was completed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages risks to its services. And it keeps the records it must by law. Pharmacy team members regularly record and discuss mistakes they make. They generally learn from these to reduce the risks of similar mistakes. And they reflect to establish whether their changes work and make the pharmacy safer. Team members understand their role to help protect vulnerable people. And they generally protect people’s private information.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members have the right qualifications and skills for their roles and the services they provide. They feel comfortable raising concerns and discussing ways to improve services. And they are confident that the pharmacy listens to their views. They complete some appropriate, training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. But more could be done to make sure the training provided is relevant to their roles.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean, secure and properly maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services it provides.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible to the people who need them. It has systems in place to help provide its services safely and effectively. And it sources its medicines appropriately. Pharmacy team members regularly provide people with appropriate information about their medicines. And this includes for high-risk medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment available, which it properly maintains. And it manages and uses the equipment appropriately.
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 |