Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/07/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a large and busy pharmacy located on a shopping precinct on the outskirts of Crawley. The pharmacy is open Monday to Friday 9am – 6pm and Saturdays 9am- 1pm, providing a wide range of services– including NHS dispensing approximately 13,500 items per month, supplies medicines / pharmaceutical advice to St Catherines hospice (18 bedded unit), community DDS (approx 120 patients), OTC medicines and advice, Flu vaccinations NHS and private PGD (approximately 150 patients), Substance misuse services for 30 patients (including approximately 25 supervised consumption), Needle exchange, travel medicine supplies through the company independent prescriber service, Smoking cessation, NHS EHC supplies, H Pylori testing , Truss and appliance fitting, MUR’s , NMS and a collection and delivery service. The pharmacy is part of the Kamsons group
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 |