Inspection outcome: Standards not all met
Last inspection: 20/10/2026
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Improvement action plan
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located in a parade of shops in Blackrod, Bolton. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and private prescriptions. And it sells some over‐the‐counter medicines. The pharmacy also provides the NHS hypertension service, Contraception, New Medicine Service (NMS), Flu and Covid-19 vaccination services and the NHS Pharmacy First Service. It also provides a private weight loss and travel vaccination service. This was a full routine inspection of the pharmacy. The pharmacy was last inspected in September 2016.
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 does 'pharmacy has not met all standards' mean?
When a pharmacy has not met all standards, they are required to complete an improvement action plan, which you can find via a link at the top left of this page. We monitor progress to check the improvements are made and inspect again after six months to make sure the pharmacy is maintaining these improvements. A new report will then be published.