Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/06/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a busy Rowlands pharmacy located on the high street in the town of Christchurch. The pharmacy serves the local population which is mixed in age range and background.
The pharmacy dispenses between 16,000 and 17,000 items a month. As well as the NHS essential services they provide medicines use reviews (MURs), new medicines service (NMS), private prescription dispensing, a supervised consumption service, a smoking cessation service, emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) via patient group direction (PGD), a flu vaccination service via PGD and privately and a prescription collection and delivery service.
The pharmacy is open from 8.45am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday, 8.45am to 1pm on Saturday and is closed on Sundays.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |