Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 20/05/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a largely residential area in the seaside town of Leigh-on-Sea. And it is co-located with a private GP and private dentist. It provides private dispensing services, and it uses patient group directions to supply sumatriptan and medicines for urinary tract infections. And it sells pharmacy-only medicines. People who use the pharmacy are mainly those who have been seen by a clinician at the on-site private dentist or GP.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It protects people’s personal information well. And people can provide feedback about the pharmacy’s services. The team understand its role in protecting vulnerable people. And the pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to keep by law, to show that its medicines are supplied safely and legally.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. And they do some relevant training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. They can raise any concerns or make suggestions and have regular meetings. The pharmacist can take professional decisions to ensure people taking medicines are safe.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and stores them properly. And it responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls.
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 |