Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/12/2024
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located in the town of Frinton-on-sea in Essex. It provides a variety of services including dispensing NHS and private prescriptions, the New Medicine Service (NMS), and the NHS Pharmacy First service through patient group directions (PGDs). It also provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need additional support taking their medicines correctly. The pharmacy is open seven days a week for extended hours.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy manages the risks associated with its services well. And its team members record and regularly review any dispensing mistakes. The pharmacy largely keeps the records its needs to by law. And it has appropriate insurance arrangements in place. Team members know how to correctly protect vulnerable people. And the pharmacy handles people’s private information safely.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its workload safely. And team members complete the right training for their roles. They do ongoing training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Team members feel comfortable about raising any concerns they have. And they have a regular review of their progress to help ensure that they are performing adequately in their roles.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and tidy and provides a safe and appropriate environment for people to access its services. And team members have plenty of space to carry out their work safely. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area. And the pharmacy is kept secure from unauthorised access.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely and it makes reasonable adjustments to ensure its services can be accessed by people with different needs. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable sources and stores them appropriately. And the team takes the right action in response to safety alerts to help ensure people get medicines and medical devices which are fit for purpose.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment to provide its services safely. And it protects people’s privacy when using its equipment.
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 |