Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 19/05/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in a parade of shops in a residential area; dispensing around 7000 items per month. Other services provided included: MUR, NMS, smoking cessation, blood pressure and cholesterol testing and flu vaccinations (approximately 160 provided last year). An MDS service is provided to approximately 80 patients all based in the community. Approximately six patients also received methadone/buprenorphine on instalment prescriptions of who four were supervised. The pharmacy had also been signed off on a PGD to provide Champix but had not started offering the service. The premises also had an MHRA wholesale dealer’s license.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |