Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/12/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in Carstairs. It dispenses NHS prescriptions including supplying medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs. The pharmacy offers a repeat prescription collection service and a medicines’ delivery service. It also provides substance misuse services and dispenses private prescriptions. The pharmacy team advises on minor ailments and medicines’ use. And supplies a range of over-the-counter medicines. It also offers a smoking cessation service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team members work to professional standards. And this helps them to keep services safe. The pharmacy keeps some information about errors when they happen. But this is limited. And it restricts the pharmacy team members ability to make improvements to the way they work. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And it provides training to keep confidential information safe. The team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. And they contact others to make sure people get the support they need. The pharmacy trains its team members to handle complaints. And this helps them to puts things right when it can.
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
The premises is secure, clean and hygienic. It has a consultation room that is professional in appearance. And it is an appropriate space for people to sit down and have a private conversation with pharmacy team members.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy displays its opening times and healthcare information at the front of the pharmacy. And it lets people know what services are available to them. The pharmacy has working instructions in place for its services. And these support the pharmacy team to work in a safe and effective way. The pharmacy sources, stores and manages its medicines appropriately. And the pharmacist keeps the pharmacy team up-to-date about high-risk medicines. This means that team members know when to provide people taking these medicines with extra information.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services. And it keeps it clean and well-maintained.
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 |