Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/11/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a private pharmacy which provides its services to people through its website www.medical-specialists.co.uk. The website allows people to access the pharmacy's online prescribing service which offers prescription medicines for a wide range of conditions. The pharmacy mainly supplies medicines for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and menopause as well as medicines used for contraception and weight loss. People do not visit the pharmacy in person.
This was a desktop inspection following an inspection in February 2025 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 4.2. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection the pharmacy now access the National Care Records (NCR) which is used to verify people's medical history and changes had been made to some of the prescribing policies. It was now mandatory for people's regular prescriber to be notified when particular medicines were prescribed.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |