Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 30/01/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located in
a health centre in the village of Ripponden, Halifax. The pharmacy dispenses
NHS prescriptions, and it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance
packs to people who need help managing their medicines. It also offers the New
Medicine Service (NMS) and a medicine delivery service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively manages risks to make sure its services are safe. Its team members record their mistakes so that they can learn from them, and they make changes to help reduce the chance of the same type of mistakes from happening again. It keeps the records it needs to keep by law, and these are largely accurate and up to date. And it protects people's personal information appropriately. Members of the team understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough team members to manage the pharmacy's workload and they receive appropriate training to carry out their roles safely. The pharmacy helps its team members to keep their knowledge and skills up to date and encourages team members to upskill and progress in their roles. Team members can provide feedback and concerns relating to the pharmacy's services.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided and they are clean and secure. A consultation room is available so people using the pharmacy can have a private conversation with its team members.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are accessible. And it generally manages and provides them safely. It gets its medicines from licensed sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are safe to supply to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services. And it uses its equipment in a way to protect people’s private information.
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 |