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Innovation Pharmacy (9011372)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 20/07/2023

Pharmacy context

The pharmacy is in an industrial unit in the suburbs of Sunderland city centre. It has a distance selling NHS contract. Pharmacy team members mainly dispense NHS prescriptions for people living in care homes and nursing homes, and they provide the majority of these medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages risks associated with its services. And it has most of the documented procedures it needs to help team members provide services effectively. Pharmacy team members understand their role in helping to protect vulnerable people. They suitably protect people’s private information. And they generally keep accurate records. Team members record and discuss the mistakes they make so that they can learn from them. But they don't always document why mistakes happen and so they may miss opportunities to make improvements to the pharmacy's services.

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Pharmacy team members have the right qualifications and skills for their roles and the services they provide. They complete some ad hoc training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Pharmacy team members feel comfortable raising concerns and discussing ways to improve services.

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

The pharmacy is clean and properly maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services it provides. And pharmacy team members manage the space well to help provide services safely.

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Pharmacy team members manage and provide the pharmacy’s services safely and effectively. The pharmacy suitably sources its medicines. It generally stores and manages its medicines appropriately. And it has processes in place to help people understand and manage the risks of taking some medicines.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

The pharmacy has the necessary equipment available for the services it provides. It manages and uses its equipment in ways that protect people’s confidentiality. 

Pharmacy details

8B Carrmere Road
Leechmere Industrial Estate
Sunderland
SR29TW
England

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards