Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/02/2025
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Pharmacy context
An independent 100 hour community pharmacy located in a local parade of shops towards to the outskirts of town. The main emphasis of the service is dispensing and the pharmacy processes approximately 10000-12000 NHS items per month.
Services in addition to essential NHS dispensing service include:
Retail sales of medicines
Dispensing of private prescriptions
Repeat prescription management and collection
Medications Use Reviews(MURs) & New Medicines Service(NMS)
Community dosage systems(CDS)
Home deliveries
Seasonal flu vaccinations
Supervised consumption
Needle exchange
Travel services – malaria prevention & ACWY vaccinations
Non-pharmacy services offered on site: osteopathy and podiatry.
Opening hours: 8am -10pm Mon-Thurs (midnight Fri & Sat) & 8am -10pm Sun.
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 |