Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/07/2023
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy situated in a health centre. Most of its activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling medicines over the counter. The pharmacy also dispenses prescriptions as part of the dispensing doctors service provide by the health centre. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to people who live in their own homes. It also provides the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service, seasonal flu vaccinations and a substance misuse service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with the provision of its services. It has written instructions to help its team members work safely. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law, to show that medicines are supplied safely and legally. The pharmacy keeps people’s private information safely and its team members know how to protect vulnerable people. The pharmacy has procedures to learn from its mistakes. But because it does not record all of its mistakes and routinely review for trends and patterns, it might miss opportunities to improve its ways of working.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy’s team members work together to cope with the day‐to‐day workload within the pharmacy. They are mainly suitably trained for the roles they undertake. Team members can raise concerns if needed.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy presents a bright modern image. The pharmacy keeps its premises safe, secure, and appropriately maintained.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's healthcare services are suitably managed and are accessible to people. The pharmacy gets its medicines and medical devices from reputable sources. It stores them safely and it knows the right actions to take if medicines or devices are not safe to use to protect people’s health and wellbeing.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have the equipment and facilities they need for the services they provide. They maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
Pharmacy details
Brackley Medical Centre & Community Hospital
Wellington Road
Brackley
NN136QZ
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 |