Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 10/01/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a pharmacy situated inside HMP Risley near Warrington, in Cheshire. It is registered as a pharmacy to dispense prescriptions for people living in HMP Thorn Cross, a nearby prison. The pharmacy is not open to the public. Members of the pharmacy team provide advice to people about their healthcare.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has procedures which the pharmacy team follows. And this helps to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy's services. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And members of the team receive training, so they know how to keep private information safe. They discuss things that go wrong to help identify learning and reduce the chances of similar mistakes happening again.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough qualified staff to manage the pharmacy's workload and they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. Members of the pharmacy team complete some additional training to help them keep their knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean, secure and suitably maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services it provides.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are accessible by the intended users. And it manages and provides them safely. It gets its medicines from recognised sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition. The pharmacist carries out checks to help ensure people receive medicines that are appropriate for them.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |