Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 26/06/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in
a residential area of Swadlincote, Burton-On-Trent. It dispenses prescriptions
and sells medicines over the counter. The pharmacy provides a range of NHS services
including the Pharmacy First Service, New Medicine Service, COVID-19
vaccination service and a supervised consumption service. It also supplies
medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their
medicines correctly. And it offers a medicine delivery service to people’s
homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy largely
identifies and manages the risks associated with the services that it provides
to help make sure they are safe and effective. Its team members discuss
mistakes when they happen, but they do not always make a record so they may
miss opportunities to identify common mistakes or trends. The pharmacy keeps
the records that it needs to be law. And its team members take the correct
steps to protect people’s private information and keep vulnerable people safe.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough
staff to manage its workload safely. And its team members are comfortable about
providing feedback to the pharmacist and senior management team. The pharmacy provides
support to members of the team who are enrolled onto a training course to help
make sure they develop the skills and knowledge they require for their role.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and
tidy and is a suitable place to provide healthcare services safely. It has a
consultation room so that people can have a conversation in private with a
member of the team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are
easily accessible to people and are provided in a safe and effective manner. It
sources and stores medicines appropriately and carries out checks to help make
sure that they are kept in good condition and safe to supply to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the
equipment it needs to provide services safely and maintains them appropriately.
It is uses them in a way to help protect privacy.
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 |