Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 13/01/2025
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy on a parade of shops in a largely residential area of Gillingham. It provides NHS services such as dispensing, the Pharmacy First service, the New medicine Service and the Hypertension Case Finding Service. It also provides a seasonal flu vaccination service using a patient group direction. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need this support. And it delivers medicines to some people’s homes.
This was an inspection of the pharmacy which focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion.
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 |