Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 23/06/2023
Pharmacy context
This is a pharmacy located inside Northamptonshire General Hospital NHS Trust. The pharmacy provides dispensing services to people who have been admitted to the hospital (inpatients). This activity is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). And it also supplies medicines through a Wholesaler Dealers Licence (WDL). This is regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The pharmacy is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) for dispensing prescriptions for staff who work in the hospital and occasionally for private patients. The inspection and resulting report only deal with activities associated with its GPhC registration.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with the provision of its services. The pharmacy team records and reviews its mistakes. Its team members have defined roles and accountabilities. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law, to show that medicines are supplied safely and legally. And it keeps people’s private information safely and its team members know how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy’s team members manage the workload within the pharmacy. They are suitably trained for the roles they undertake. And they are able to raise concerns if needed.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy keeps its premises safe, secure, and appropriately maintained. And people visiting the pharmacy can have a conversation with a team member in private.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The healthcare service that the pharmacy offers is suitably managed and is accessible to people. The pharmacy gets its medicines and medical devices from reputable sources. It stores them safely. It takes the right actions if medicines or devices are not safe to use to protect people’s health and wellbeing.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs for the services it provides. It maintains its equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |