Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 11/09/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in a portacabin in the grounds of a hospital. Most people who use the pharmacy are outpatients from the hospital’s clinics, Accident and Emergency, The Christy cancer treatment centre, and a mental health unit. The pharmacy does not have an NHS contract. It sells a small range of over-the-counter medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively manages risks to make sure its services are safe, and it acts to improve patient safety. Pharmacy team members accurately complete all the records that they need to by law. 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. Pharmacy team members work to professional standards, and they are clear about their roles and responsibilities. The team members keep people's private information safe, and they understand how they can help to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members work well together in a busy environment, and they have the right training and qualifications for the jobs they do. Team members are comfortable providing feedback to their manager and they receive feedback about their own performance.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a suitable environment for people to receive healthcare services. It has a private consultation room so people can receive services and have confidential conversations with members of the pharmacy team in private.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are generally well managed and easy for people to access. The pharmacy sources, stores, and supplies medicines safely. And it carries out appropriate checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
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, and they use it in a way that protects privacy.
Pharmacy details
Out Patients Portacabin Unit
Royal Oldham Hospital
Rochdale Road
OLDHAM
OL12JH
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 |