Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 22/04/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy within a small parade of shops in Aberdeen. Its main services are dispensing NHS prescriptions, including serial prescriptions. It dispenses medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines at the right time. And it supplies medicines to people living in care homes. It also provides substance misuse services and pharmacy team members provide advice on minor ailments and medicines use.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks of the services it provides. Pharmacy team members record and discuss mistakes made during the dispensing process and make changes to help prevent the same or a similar mistake occurring. And they understand their role in helping to protect vulnerable people. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law, and it suitably protects people’s confidential information.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |