Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 22/01/2025
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Pharmacy context
This pharmacy provides its services at a distance, and it is physically not accessible to the public. It is located within a business centre and its main business is compounding unlicensed medicines under a s10 exemption which it prepares in its laboratory. It supplies these and other unlicensed medicines against private prescriptions from external prescribers. The pharmacy mainly supplies hormone replacement therapy and medication for thyroid conditions. It also supplies medicines against a relatively small number of prescriptions that are generated by its in‐house Pharmacist Independent Prescriber (PIP).
This was a reinspection following an inspection in February 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.1 and 1.2. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection, the pharmacy has undertaken a risk assessment for its prescribing service and has introduced a prescribing policy. It has also provided evidence of an audit which was done to check if prescribers are following the prescribing policy and has said it will undertake audits every six months.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
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 |