Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/02/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located on a busy main road and mainly serves a mixed local population. It mainly provides NHS services such as dispensing and it provides the flu vaccine service and the New Medicine Service. It also provides medication in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who live in their own homes and need help managing their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately manages the risks associated with its services. It keeps the records it needs to by law, so it can show that supplies are made safely and legally. People who use the pharmacy can provide feedback and raise concerns. And the pharmacy team have an understanding about protecting the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough suitably qualified team members to help manage its workload. The team is well supported in their development and in keeping their knowledge and skills up to date. And they feel comfortable to provide feedback or raise concerns.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are suitable for the services offered and they are kept secure. There is a room where people can have private conversations with a team member.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy makes sure that people with different needs can access its services. The pharmacy supplies its medicines safely to people. And team members take steps to identify people prescribed high-risk medicines to help ensure that they are given additional information. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable suppliers. It stores them securely and checks them regularly to ensure that they are still suitable for supply.
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 |