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Saviour Pharmacy (1093205)

GPhC Reference 1093205

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 05/02/2020

Pharmacy context

This busy community pharmacy is located within a medical centre and most people who use the pharmacy are from the local area. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and sells a range of over-the-counter medicines. It dispenses a small number of private prescriptions, some of which are from the company’s online prescribing service. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance aid packs to help people take their medicines at the right time.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

The pharmacy effectively manages the risks associated with its services to ensure it keeps people safe. 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 they act to help stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The team members complete all the records that it needs to by law and ask its customers for their views. They complete training so they know how to protect children and vulnerable adults and keep peoples’ private information safe. 

 

Principle 2. Staff

Good practice

The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. Team members work well together and communicate effectively. They are well trained, and the pharmacy encourages them to keep their skills up to date and supports their development. They are comfortable providing feedback to their manager and receive feedback about their own performance.


Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

The premises provide a professional environment for people to receive healthcare. The pharmacy has a private consultation room that enables it to provide members of the public with the opportunity to receive services in private and have confidential conversations.
 

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

The pharmacy offers a range of healthcare services which are well managed and easy for people to access. People receive their medicines safely and the pharmacy gives people taking high-risk medicines extra advice. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable sources and carries out some checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Members of the pharmacy team have the equipment and facilities they need for the services they provide. They maintain the equipment so that it is safe and use it in a way that protects privacy.
 

Pharmacy details

Dronfield Medical Centre
High Street
DRONFIELD
S18 1PY
UK

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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