Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/12/2023
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy supplies its services at a distance. It is located on a main road in a residential area. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions which are supplied to people. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help managing their medicines. And it offers the New Medicine Service (NMS) and a medicine delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help make sure the team provides them safely. It keeps the records it needs to keep by law, and these are largely accurate and up to date. And it protects people's personal information appropriately. People can provide feedback about the pharmacy's services.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained
staff to manage its workload appropriately. Team members discuss any issues as
they arise. And the pharmacy does some planning to assess its future staffing
needs.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are suitable
for the pharmacy's services and they are generally clean and secure. The
Pharmacy's website gives people information about who is providing its
services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are
accessible. And it generally manages and provides them safely. It gets its
medicines from recognised sources, stores them appropriately and carries out
regular checks to help make sure that they are safe to supply to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the
equipment it needs to provide its services. And it uses its equipment in a way
to protect people’s private information.
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 |