Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 01/03/2022
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is situated in a closed unit in a residential area. Members of the public do not usually visit the pharmacy in person. Instead, the pharmacy delivers medicines to people in the local area. The pharmacy mainly dispenses NHS prescriptions. It supplies a large number of medicines in multi-compartment compliance aid packs to help people take their medicines at the right time. The pharmacy has a website (www.Ipharmacy.co.uk) which provides information about the pharmacy. The inspection was undertaken during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately manages risks to make sure its services are safe, and it keeps the records required by law. Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and they are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They keep people's private information safe, and they understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload. Pharmacy team members are appropriately trained for their role. They are comfortable providing feedback to their manager and receive feedback about their own performance.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are generally safe, and the pharmacy provides an adequate environment for the provision of healthcare services. The pharmacy is reasonably clean and well maintained.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides a small range of healthcare services which are generally well managed. It gets its medicines from licensed suppliers and it carries out some checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have the equipment and facilities they need for the services they provide. Equipment
is clean and suitably maintained.
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 |