Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/11/2024
Pharmacy context
This private pharmacy is located within an aesthetics and medical services training centre in Putney. The pharmacy opens six days a week. It sells medicines over the counter. It doesn’t provide any NHS services. But it dispenses people’s private prescriptions. People can visit the pharmacy to have their blood pressure checked. And they can have their ear wax removed. The pharmacy offers a face-to face prescribing service for a range of conditions including treatments for minor ailments, some long-term conditions, travel medicines, Vitamin B12 deficiency and weight-loss. And a pharmacist independent prescriber (PIP) prescribes these medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages its risks appropriately. It has written instructions to help its team members work safely. It mostly keeps the records it needs to by law. It has the insurance it needs to protect people if things do go wrong. And people can share their experiences of using the pharmacy and its services to help it do things better. People who work in the pharmacy can explain what they do, what they are responsible for and when they might seek help. They keep people’s private information safe. And they understand their role in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough people in its team to deliver safe and effective care. Members of the pharmacy team do the right training for their roles. They are comfortable about giving feedback to help the pharmacy do things better. And they know how to raise a concern if they have one.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a suitable environment to deliver it services from. And people can receive services in private when they need to.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides services that people can access. Its working practices are generally safe and effective. And it gets its medicines from reputable sources. And it stores them appropriately and securely. Members of the pharmacy team are friendly and helpful. They can make decisions to keep the people they care for safe. They carry out checks to make sure the pharmacy’s medicines are safe and fit for purpose. But they could do more to make sure unwanted medicines are disposed of properly.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and the facilities it needs to provide its services safely. And its team makes sure the equipment it uses is clean and is suitable for what it’s being used for.
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 |