Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/01/2020
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located inside a medical centre in a residential area of Wolverhampton. Most people who use the pharmacy are patients at the surgery next door, but the pharmacy also collects prescriptions from several other local GP surgeries. It provides some medicines in multi-compartment compliance aid packs to help make sure people take them correctly and it stocks a limited range of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. The pharmacy provides several other services including Medicines Use Reviews (MURs), the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) and a local minor ailments scheme. A substance misuse treatment service is also available. The pharmacy holds a Wholesale Dealer’s License (WDL) and is regulated by the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It keeps the records it needs to by law and protects people’s private information. Its team members follow written procedures to make sure they complete tasks safely and they understand how to raise concerns to protect the wellbeing of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a suitable environment for the provision of pharmacy services. It has a consultation room to enable it to provide members of the public with access to an area for private and confidential discussions.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are generally accessible but they are not actively promoted, so people may not always be aware of what is available. Services are suitably managed, so people receive appropriate care. The pharmacy sources and stores medicines appropriately, and it carries out some checks to make sure that medicines are fit for supply. But team members do not routinely identify people on high-risk medications. So, they may not always get all the information and advice they need about their medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities is needs to provide its services. And team members use equipment in a way that protects people’s privacy.
Pharmacy details
Newbridge Surgery
255 Tettenhall Road
Wolverhampton
WV60DE
England
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 |