Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/09/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located in a row of shops in a residential suburb of Liverpool. It changed ownership in February 2024. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and supplies some people with medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to help them manage their medicines. It also provides a seasonal flu vaccination service, the NHS Pharmacy First service and a blood pressure check service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy's working practices are safe and effective. It generally keeps the records it needs to keep by law, and these are kept accurate and up to date. And it protects people's personal information appropriately. The pharmacy team knows how to help protect the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload appropriately. They work effectively together and support each other. Its team members are able to discuss pharmacy related issues as they arise. Team members are supported with their training courses.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are generally clean, secure and provide an appropriate environment to deliver its services safely. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private consultation room.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from licensed sources and manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. It takes the right action in response to safety alerts so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal 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 |