Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is in Portsmouth city centre and is one of several pharmacies owned by the same local company. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and provides health advice. The pharmacy provides substance misuse services and a travel health service. It also dispenses some medicines in multi-compartment compliance aids (MDS trays or blister packs) for those who may have difficulty managing their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Members of the pharmacy team are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They work to professional standards, identifying and managing most risks effectively. The pharmacy logs the mistakes it makes during the dispensing process. The pharmacist regularly reviews them with the team so that they can all learn from them and avoid problems being repeated. The team also attends meetings with their other local pharmacy teams to share best practice and to learn from each other. The pharmacy generally keeps the records that it needs to by law, but it has missed a few details. This could make it more difficult for the team to resolve any queries which may arise in the future. The pharmacy has up-to-date written instructions which tell staff how to complete tasks safely. The pharmacy manages and protects confidential information well, and team members also understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people. The pharmacy has adequate insurance in place to help protect people if things do go wrong.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. Pharmacy team members are well-trained and have a good understanding of their roles and responsibilities. They can make suggestions to improve safety and workflows where appropriate.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive its services
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy delivers its services in a safe and effective manner, and people with a range of needs can access them. The pharmacy sources, stores and manages medicines safely, and so makes sure that all of the medicines it supplies are fit for purpose. Team members take steps to identify people supplied with high-risk medicines so that they can be given extra information they need to take their medicines safely. But they don’t always record this, so they may be missing opportunities to follow up these checks. The pharmacy responds well to drug alerts or product recalls to make sure people only get medicines or devices which are safe. It keeps a record of the checks it makes to keep people safe.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the right equipment for the range of services it provides, and it makes sure that it is properly maintained. The pharmacy keeps people’s private information safe.
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 |