Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 07/03/2023
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located on a high street in the city of Sheffield. Its main services include dispensing NHS and private prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It provides some people with their medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs, and it provides a substance misuse service. It delivers some medicines to people’s homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team members have access to procedures to help support them in managing the pharmacy's services safely. Team members keep people's confidential information safe. And they record details of mistakes made during the dispensing process and they discuss ways to improve patient safety. Team members know how to protect the welfare of vulnerable people and the pharmacy keeps most of the records it needs to by law.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members with the right qualifications to help manage its services. Team members support each other and work well together. They are supported by the pharmacy to help them keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Team members provide feedback and implement changes to the way the pharmacy works to help improve efficiency.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are suitable for the services it provides. It keeps its premises clean, tidy, and organised, and it has sufficient space to store its medicines properly. It keeps its premises secure from unauthorised access. And people can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides a range of services that are generally well managed and easy for people to access. The pharmacy appropriately sources its medicines, and the pharmacy team completes checks of the expiry dates to make sure they are fit for purpose. The pharmacy generally stores its medicines appropriately.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriately maintained equipment that it needs to provide its services. And it uses its equipment appropriately to help protect people's confidentiality.
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 |