Inspection outcome: Standards not all met
Last inspection: 03/02/2025
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Improvement action plan
Pharmacy context
This is a distance selling pharmacy in the town of Prudhoe in Northumberland. It dispenses specially made medicines for people who require specific formulations of medicines. The pharmacy receives prescriptions directly from prescribers for a number of conditions including women’s health and pain management. Some of the medicines the pharmacy dispenses are made in the pharmacy’s compounding unit and the pharmacy obtains other medicines from a specials manufacturer and wholesaler associated with the parent company, PCCA. The pharmacy is closed to the public, people do not attend the pharmacy in person to collect their prescriptions. They are delivered to people via courier.
This was the first inspection of the pharmacy since it was registered in July 2023.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Pharmacy details
PCCA Pharmacy
Unit 3, Regents Drive
Low Prudhoe Industrial Estate
Prudhoe
NE426PX
England
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 does 'pharmacy has not met all standards' mean?
When a pharmacy has not met all standards, they are required to complete an improvement action plan, which you can find via a link at the top left of this page. We monitor progress to check the improvements are made and inspect again after six months to make sure the pharmacy is maintaining these improvements. A new report will then be published.