Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/02/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is an independent community pharmacy. It is on a parade of local shops and businesses in Reading. It provides a range of services including dispensing prescriptions. And it has a selection of over‐the‐counter medicines and other pharmacy related products for sale. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs for people living at home who have difficulty taking their medicines. And it offers a seasonal flu vaccination service. And the NHS Pharmacy First service.
This was a reinspection following an inspection in June 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet standards 2.1 and 4.3. This reinspection focused on those standards which had previously not been met. The pharmacy has now improved the way it manages its medicines. It has also registered its team members on the required training courses.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |