Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 25/01/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is co-located with a busy medical centre in the coastal town of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. It is open extended hours over seven days each week. The pharmacy serves both local residents and tourists during the busy holiday season. Its main services include dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It delivers medicines to people’s homes and provides a COVID-19 vaccination service from associated premises around 14 miles from the pharmacy. The inspection took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services appropriately. It keeps people’s private information secure and it keeps the records it must by law. The pharmacy advertises how people can provide feedback about its services. And its team members understand their role in responding properly to this feedback. They know how to correctly recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns. Pharmacy team members engage in some learning to help reduce risk following mistakes they make during the dispensing process.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its workload. It has some support systems to help team members in learning roles. But it does not provide protected learning time to help monitor completion of core learning associated with the pharmacy’s procedures. Team members have the confidence to talk about concerns at work. And they engage in some ongoing discussions to share ideas and learning.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean and secure. They provide a suitable space for the delivery of healthcare services. People using the pharmacy can speak with a member of the pharmacy team in a private consultation room.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy makes its services accessible to people. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources. And it generally stores these medicines safely and securely. Pharmacy team members use audit trails effectively to help manage dispensing services. And team members work with other healthcare providers to supply information to people to support them in managing their health.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services. Pharmacy team members act with care by using the equipment in a way which protects people’s confidentiality.
Pharmacy details
Marisco Medical Centre
Stanley Avenue
MABLETHORPE
LN121DP
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 |