Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 23/10/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy provides its
services at a distance, and the premises is not accessible to the public. It is
located within an industrial park 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 dermal creams, hair
loss tonics and medication for men’s health.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately
identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. The pharmacy team
records and regularly reviews any mistakes that happen during the dispensing
process so that it can learn from them. It generally keeps the records that are
needed by law. And team members know how to protect people’s personal
information.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough
team members to manage its workload. And team members do some ongoing training
in the pharmacy to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. Team members
feel comfortable about raising any concerns they have.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises are clean, and
they are secured from unauthorised access. They provide a suitable space for
the services provided and the premises are well laid out to clearly separate
the various departments.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally
provides its services safely and manages them well. It gets its medicines and
ingredients from reputable sources and generally stores them appropriately. And
the team has robust processes in place to check the suitability of ingredients
and compounded medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the
appropriate equipment to provide its services safely. And it protects people’s
privacy when using its equipment.
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 |