Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in HMP Wakefield, a category A men’s prison. The pharmacy’s main activity is dispensing medicines to people within the prison. And supplying some medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medication. The pharmacy team supports the administration of medicines on the wings and provides people with advice about their medication.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It has written procedures for the team to follow to help ensure the pharmacy’s services are provided safely. The pharmacy protects people’s private information and it keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy team members respond appropriately when errors happen. They identify the cause and they act to prevent future similar errors. The team provides people with the opportunity to raise concerns about the pharmacy’s services. And it acts adequately in response to the concerns raised. However, it doesn’t review the concerns raised to identify opportunities to enhance the safe and effective delivery of the pharmacy’s 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, even under the pressure they sometimes feel. They suitably support each other in their day-to-day work and they discuss ideas to support the delivery of the pharmacy’s services. The team members have opportunities to complete training to develop their knowledge and skills. They benefit from identifying areas of their own practice they wish to develop, and the pharmacy helps them to achieve this.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean, secure and suitable for the services provided.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides a limited range of services to support people's health needs. It generally manages its services well to help people receive appropriate care and it suitably responds to delays with the supply of some people’s medication. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable sources and it stores them properly. The pharmacy 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 pharmacy 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 |