Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 16/11/2023
Pharmacy context
This is an independently owned community pharmacy. The pharmacy is on a parade of local shops and businesses in Barnes in the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. It dispenses prescriptions. And it has a selection of over‐the‐counter medicines and other pharmacy related products for sale. It can provide medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs for people who need them.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. Team members respond appropriately when mistakes happen. And they take suitable action to prevent mistakes in the future. The pharmacy has suitable written procedures in place to help ensure that its team members work safely. And, in general, the team understands and follows them. The pharmacy has insurance to cover its services. And its team knows how to protect the safety of vulnerable people. And it protects people’s confidential information properly. But the pharmacy does not always complete all its records properly.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy trains its team members suitably for the tasks they carry out. The pharmacy team manages its workload safely and effectively. And team members support one another well. They are comfortable about providing feedback to one another, so that they can improve the quality of the pharmacy's services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises provide an environment which is adequate for people to receive its services. And they are sufficiently clean, tidy and secure.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally provides its services safely. It supports people with suitable advice and healthcare information. And it ensures that it supplies its medicines with the information that people need to take their medicines properly. The pharmacy team gets its medicines and medical devices from appropriate sources. And, in general, team members make the necessary checks to ensure they are safe to use and protect people’s health and wellbeing. But the pharmacy does not always do enough to ensure that it stores all its medicines in the appropriate packaging. And in the appropriate environment. And it does not always make all its services accessible for everyone.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide services safely. And it generally keeps them clean. The team uses its facilities and equipment to keep people's confidential information safe.
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 |