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Pharmacy Department St Georges Hospital (9012194)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 02/07/2024

Pharmacy context

This pharmacy is located within The Redwood Centre, Shrewsbury which is part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The centre provides healthcare services including inpatient and outpatient mental health services, and psychiatry services. This activity is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The pharmacy does not currently provide any activities or services which require it to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), therefore a full inspection was not carried out.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met


Members of the pharmacy team work in accordance with written procedures to make sure they complete tasks in the right way. The pharmacy has are basic procedures covering GPhC regulated activity should this take place. Team members record and review and discuss their mistakes so that they can learn from them. The pharmacy protects people’s personal information, and it has safeguarding policies to support vulnerable people. 

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met


The pharmacy has enough suitably trained team members to manage the workload and the services that it provides. Team members work well together in a supportive environment, and they can raise concerns and make suggestions.

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met


The pharmacy is bright, clean and professional in appearance. It provides a suitable environment for the delivery of healthcare services.

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met


The pharmacy sources, stores and manages medicines safely. And it takes the correct action to make sure medicines are safe for people to use.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met


The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to store and supply medicines safely. And it uses them in a way to protect people’s information.

Pharmacy details

Pharmacy Department
The Redwood Centre
Somerby Drive
Shrewsbury
SY38DS
England

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards