Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 30/10/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a distance‐selling pharmacy situated in a multi-storey warehouse. Its sole service is selling non-prescription medicines to UK residents via its website www.withaid.com, and its webpages listed as 247ukchemist and Swiftcare on the e-commerce retailer sites eBay and Amazon.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy’s working practices generally support safe and secure medicines supply. The pharmacy addresses its mistakes and acts to prevent them from happening again. It protects people’s private information. And the pharmacist understands how they should protect vulnerable people. But not all of its working procedures are written down, so staff might not always work effectively.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to provide safe and effective services. Staff have access to relevant training and the pharmacist supervises all medicines sales to make sure they are appropriate.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean, secure and spacious enough for the pharmacy’s service, and it provides a professional environment for healthcare services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy suitably manages its services to make sure it supplies medicines safely and efficiently. It gets medicines from licensed suppliers and it stores them appropriately, so they are suitable for use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment that it needs to provide its services effectively, which it properly maintains. And it has the facilities to secure people's information.
Pharmacy details
4th Floor, Unit 4N
Moss Industrial Estate
Woodbine Street East
Rochdale
OL165LB
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 |