Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in a village within the boundaries of Brighton and Hove. It is opposite a high school. It dispenses NHS prescriptions, and offers medication deliveries and blood pressure checks. It provides multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages the risks associated with its services. This helps people receive services that are safe. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law. Its team members know how to protect vulnerable people. And it mostly protects people’s personal information well. But it could do more to make sure that its confidential waste is always destroyed properly.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained staff to provide its services safely. Its team members can make suggestions, and the pharmacy uses these ideas to help make improvements. The staff receive ongoing training and updates. This helps keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are secure and suitable for the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally provides its services safely. It obtains medicines from reputable sources and mostly manages them well. It takes the right action when safety alerts are received. This helps it make sure that people get medicines that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the right equipment for its services.
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 |