Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/10/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a
residential area of the city adjacent to a health centre. It provides NHS and
private prescription dispensing mainly to local residents. The team also dispenses medicines in multi-compartment
compliance packs for some people. The pharmacy provides a travel clinic and flu
vaccinations seasonally.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and identify and manage risks effectively. They are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They log any mistakes they make during the pharmacy processes. And they learn from these to avoid problems being repeated. The pharmacy keeps its records up to date and these show that it is providing safe services. It manages and protects information well and it tells people how their private information will be used. The team members also understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough qualified staff to provide safe services. Its staffing rotas enable it to have good handover arrangements and effective staff communication. Training is provided by the company and staff find this useful to help keep their skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean and provide a safe, secure and professional environment for people to receive healthcare. Although the dispensary is small, the use of the side room and upper floor allow the safe dispensing of prescriptions received by the pharmacy.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective, and it gets its medicines from reputable sources. Its services are easily accessible. The pharmacy dispenses multi-compartment compliance packs for people in a safe manner and some high-risk medicines are audited. It plans its vaccination services to allow as many people to access them as possible. The pharmacy could do more to keep waste medicines secure.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy generally has the right equipment for its services. It makes sure its equipment is safe to use.
Pharmacy details
Nuffield Road Medical Centre
Pippin Drive
Nuffield Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB41GL
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 |