Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 20/08/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy provides a homecare medicines service which involves delivering ongoing medicine supplies direct to people’s homes. All of the treatments are initially prescribed by hospital prescribers. Some aspects of the service, for example nursing care, are not regulated by GPhC or are carried out at a different pharmacy. Therefore, we have only reported on the registerable services provided by the pharmacy. The pharmacy is located in industrial units and the premises are not open to the public. The Company is registered with the MHRA and holds a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation. This inspection is one of a series of inspections we
have carried out as part of a thematic review of homecare services in pharmacy.
We will also publish a thematic report of our overall findings across all of
the pharmacies we inspected. Homecare pharmacies provide specialised services
that differ from the typical services provided by traditional community
pharmacies. Therefore, we have made our judgements by comparing performance
between the homecare pharmacies we have looked at. This means that, in some
instances, systems and procedures that may have been identified as good in
other settings have not been identified as such because they are standard
practice within the homecare sector. However, general good practice we have
identified will be highlighted in our thematic report.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively manages the risks associated with its services. It carries out regular audits and risk assessments and encourages people to give feedback so that it can take action to improve the service it provides. Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards, and they are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so that they can learn from them, and they act to help stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The team members keep people's private information safe. And they know how to help protect children and vulnerable adults.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough suitably trained and qualified team members to manage its workload. It encourages team members to keep their skills up to date and supports their development. Team members are comfortable providing feedback to their managers and they receive feedback about their own performance to help them improve.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and well
maintained. It is secure and safeguarded from unauthorised access. And it
provides an appropriate environment for healthcare services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are
generally well managed and easy for people to access. The pharmacy has
introduced new initiatives to improve its efficiency and support patient
safety. It gets its medicines from licensed suppliers, and it carries out
checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and supplied safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Pharmacy details
Unit 3/5
Stoney Gate Road
Station Road Spondon
DERBY
DE217RX
England
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 |