Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 19/06/2019
Pharmacy context
A pharmacy close to the centre of Farnborough. The pharmacy premises are closed to the public for prescription services, but they are open to the public for anti-malarial preparations, travel vaccinations, chicken pox vaccinations, blood tests, and chlamydia screening and treatment services. The pharmacy supplies 95% of its prescriptions in multi-compartment compliance aids. It has an NHS contract and delivers medicines against NHS and private prescriptions to people living in the locality, including the residents of three local nursing homes and three assisted living residences.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
In general, the pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective. Its team members generally understand their roles and responsibilities and they keep people’s information safe. The pharmacy’s team members log any mistakes they make during the dispensing process. They learn from these and take action to avoid problems being repeated. But, they could do more to reflect on what had gone wrong so that they could improve their procedures.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy team manages the workload safely and effectively and team members work well together. They are comfortable about providing feedback to pharmacists and are involved in improving the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are clean, secure and suitable for the services it provides.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and effectively and makes them available to everyone. Members of the pharmacy team give people the advice and support they need to help them use their medicines safely and properly. But the pharmacy could do more to ensure that team members have enough information on the procedures they should follow. In general, the pharmacy manages its medicines safely and effectively. The pharmacy’s team members check stocks of medicines regularly
to make sure they are in-date and fit for purpose. They store medicines
appropriately and dispose of waste medicines safely.
The pharmacy team checks stocks of medicines regularly
to make sure they are in-date and fit for purpose. It stores medicines
appropriately and disposes of waste medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the right equipment and facilities for the services it provides. It uses its facilities and equipment to keep people’s information safe.
Pharmacy details
G1 Governors House
101 Alexandra Road
Farnborough
GU146BN
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 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 |