Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 17/11/2021
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is a closed unit within a hospital. All the people who use the pharmacy are outpatients of the hospital’s rheumatology, oncology, haematology, or dermatology clinics. People receive their medicines by post or courier delivery. They do not visit the pharmacy in person. The inspection was undertaken during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively manages risks to make sure its services are safe. Pharmacy team members work to professional standards and they are generally clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so that they can learn from them and they act to help stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. Team members have a clear understanding of how to protect vulnerable people and know how to keep private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members are well trained and work effectively together. The pharmacy encourages them to keep their skills up to date and supports their development. The team members are comfortable providing feedback to their manager and they receive feedback about their own performance. The pharmacy enables the team members to act on their own initiative and use their professional judgement to the benefit of people who use the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises provide a professional environment for the provision of healthcare services. The pharmacy is clean and well maintained.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy services are well managed to help make sure people receive their medicines safely. The pharmacy gets its medicines from licensed suppliers and it carries out checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment and facilities they need for the services they provide. Equipment is appropriately monitored and maintained 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 |