Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/01/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is on a main road in Harehills, a large suburb of Leeds. The pharmacy’s main activities are dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It provides multi-compartment compliance packs to many people to help them take their medication correctly. The pharmacy provides other NHS services including the hypertension case finding service. And it delivers medicines to some people’s homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It has written procedures that the pharmacy team follows, and it mostly completes the records it needs to by law. Team members protect people’s private information correctly and they understand their roles in safeguarding the safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. They respond appropriately to errors by discussing what happened and taking action to prevent future mistakes.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a team with the appropriate range of experience and skills to safely provide its services. Team members work well together and are good at supporting each other in their day-to-day work. They have opportunities to receive feedback and complete training so they can suitably develop their skills and knowledge.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean, secure and suitable for the services provided. And the pharmacy has appropriate facilities to meet the needs of people requiring privacy when using its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally manages its services well to help people receive appropriate care and to make sure they receive their medicines when they need them. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources and it stores them properly. Team members carry out checks to make sure medicines are in good condition and appropriate to supply. However, they do not always provide people with information about their medicines to help them take their medication correctly.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide safe services. And it uses its facilities to suitably 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 |