Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 24/05/2021
Pharmacy context
This is a registered pharmacy which provides specific services to members of the public by pre-arranged appointments. It is situated on the main high street in Longridge, a market town located outside of Preston. Examples of the pharmacy’s services include the supply and administration of travel vaccinations, such as yellow fever, other vaccinations which may not be related to travel, such as hepatitis B vaccines, and COVID-19 PCR tests. The pharmacy also sells a small range of over-the-counter medicines related to travel health.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, and this helps to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And members of the team understand how to keep private information safe. They have systems in place to identify and manage risk, and to deal with safeguarding concerns.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough staff to manage the pharmacy's workload and they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. The pharmacists who provide the services keep their knowledge up to date and know where to seek further information or advice when they need to.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided and steps have been taken to make the premises COVID secure.
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 recognised sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide.
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 |