Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/11/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a pharmacy located in an office block in Stanmore. The pharmacy has its own website, but it sells no prescription medicines online. Patients can’t attend the pharmacy, but it sells GSL and P medicines on its website, www.pharmacysaver.co.uk. It also sells health food supplements, toiletries and a few GSLs via Amazon and Ebay online shops. The pharmacy also provides an on-call pharmacist advisory service for an occupational health scheme provider.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately manages most of the risks associated with its services. The pharmacy keeps the records that it needs to, and the pharmacy’s team members understand how to protect vulnerable people and people’s personal information.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained staff to manage its workload. They keep up to date with training and use their professional judgement to decide whether it is safe to supply medicines.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are clean, tidy and suitable for the provision of its services. The premises are well maintained, and they are secure when closed.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy makes its services accessible to most people, and it manages them safely and effectively so that people receive appropriate care. It obtains its medicines from appropriate sources, and it carries out regular checks to make sure that they are supplied safely to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs for the services it provides. It maintains the equipment satisfactorily so that it is safe to use.
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 |