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Sage Pharmacy (1035430)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 22/05/2025

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Pharmacy context

This community pharmacy is located next to a surgery just outside Kettering town centre. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions, and it also sells medicines over the counter. It offers the NHS Pharmacy First service and Hypertension case-finding service. It provides seasonal flu and Covid 19 vaccinations and supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need this support to help them take their medicines at the right time.
This was a routine inspection of the pharmacy which focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was last inspected in April 2015.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Pharmacy details

Drylands Surgery
3 Field Street
KETTERING
NN168EJ
England

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards