Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/07/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in the town centre of Leyland in Lancashire. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions, private prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. It also provides a range of services including the NHS Pharmacy First service, seasonal flu vaccinations, and a private prescribing service using pharmacist independent prescribers. The pharmacy supplies some medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people to help them take their medicines at the right time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has written procedures to help the team work safely and effectively. Members of the team make records when things go wrong, and they review them to identify learning opportunities. They keep the records required by law. The pharmacy offers a private prescribing service. But the service is not supported by a clear framework covering the scope of the service and the associated risks. And audits are not carried out to ensure prescribers are following policies and to help identify improvements in their practice.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough team members to manage the pharmacy's workload and they receive appropriate training for the jobs they do. But ongoing training is not structured so learning needs may not always be identified or addressed.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided. A consultation room is available to enable private conversations with members of the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are easy to access. And it manages and provides them safely. It gets its medicines from licensed sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition. But there are inconsistencies in how the private consultation service is undertaken. And the lack of independnt clinical oversight means important considerations may be overlooked.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |