Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 27/03/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy next to a GP surgery in a largely residential area of Maidstone. It provides NHS services such as the New Medicine Service, the Pharmacy First service and the Hypertension Case Finding service. And it provides a flu and COVID vaccinations using patient group directions. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need this support and medicines to a small number of care homes. And it delivers medicines to some people’s homes.
This was an inspection of the pharmacy which focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was last inspected in October 2015, when it was under different ownership.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |