Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 24/09/2020
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a medical centre in the centre of Barnsley. Pharmacy team members dispense NHS prescriptions and sell a range of over‐the‐counter medicines. And they deliver medicines to people’s homes. The pharmacy provides a substance misuse service, including supervised consumption. This inspection was completed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has appropriate procedures in place to help manage the risks in the pharmacy. It keeps the records required by law. Pharmacy team members record the mistakes they make during dispensing. They discuss these mistakes and make some changes to prevent similar mistakes from happening again. They understand their responsibilities in protecting people’s private information and they keep this information safe. Pharmacy team members know how to help protect the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. The pharmacy informally assesses the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic and team members make adequate changes to the way they work.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members have the right qualifications and skills for their roles and the services they provide. They complete ongoing training suitable for their roles. They learn from the pharmacist and each other to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Pharmacy team members feel comfortable making suggestions to help improve pharmacy services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and well maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services provided. And it has suitable facilities so people can speak to pharmacy team members privately.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy is easily accessible to people. It sources, stores and manages its medicines appropriately. The pharmacy provides its services safely and effectively. And it keeps good records to help pharmacy team members achieve this. The team members know how to support people taking higher risk medicines and they provide them with advice to help them take their medicines correctly.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment it needs. And it manages and uses the equipment in ways that protect people's confidentiality.
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 |