Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 19/08/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located next door to a GP medical centre in a residential area, they dispense approximately 8,500 NHS prescription items per month and provide medicine use reviews (MUR), new medicine service (NMS), methadone for 15 patients - 6 of which receive supervised consumption, minor ailments scheme, prescription collection and delivery, blood pressure monitoring and weight management as services.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy manages the risks associated with its services and protects peoples’ information effectively. Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so that they can learn from them. And the pharmacy largely keeps the records required by law.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its workload safely. And they are comfortable about providing feedback to the pharmacist. The pharmacy enables its team members to act on their own initiative and use their professional judgement. And the team has access to ongoing training.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and generally tidy. It is a suitable place to provide healthcare. It has a consultation room so that people can have a conversation in private.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible, and they are managed, so people receive their medicines safely. The pharmacy sources medicines appropriately and carries out checks to help make sure that medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide services safely. It is used in a way that protects privacy. And the electrical equipment is regularly tested to make sure it is safe.
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 |