Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 25/07/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in the commercial centre of the Island village within the town of Enfield. It is open Monday to Friday and sells medicines over the counter. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. And it provides a delivery service to some people who cannot get to the pharmacy. The pharmacy offers the NHS Pharmacy First service and New Medicines service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy manages risks well and ensures team members follow written procedures to carry out tasks safely. Team members record and review mistakes to improve the quality of the services they provide. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And it ensures it protects people’s private information. Team members understand their role in safeguarding vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough, trained team members to deliver its services safely. Team members work well together and are supported with ongoing learning to keep their knowledge up to date. The team is comfortable to share ideas to improve the pharmacy’s services or to raise any concerns.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises is secure and provides a suitable environment for the provision of healthcare services. It has a suitable consultation room where people using the pharmacy can have a private conversation if needed.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy is accessible to people with different needs. And it provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from licensed wholesalers and stores them appropriately. It has processes in place to ensure the medicines it supplies are suitable for use. And the pharmacy ensures people taking higher-risk medicines are given important information about their medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs for the services it provides. It maintains its equipment so it is safe to use.
Pharmacy details
R S A Island Centre
68 Island Centre Way
James Lee Square
ENFIELD
EN36GS
England
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 |