Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 19/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy which is one of five branches and is situated on a local High street. It serves a mixed local population. The pharmacy sells a wide range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS prescriptions. It also provides flu vaccinations and supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids to help people take their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages its risks well to make sure people are kept safe. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law and generally protects people’s personal information. Team members are generally aware of how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough
team members to provide its services safely. They are trained or are enrolled onto courses which are suitable for their role. They are provided with training resources and are given time to complete them. This helps them keep their skills and knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are generally suitable for the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy generally organises its services well and provides them safely. But people taking some higher-risk medicines might not always get all the information they need to take their medicines safely. The pharmacy largely manages its medicines appropriately to make sure that they are safe for people to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services safely.
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 |