Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 28/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is in a residential area of Nottingham close to the city centre. It serves a multicultural community and dispenses NHS prescriptions which it receives from several local GP surgeries. The pharmacy provides Medicines Use Review (MUR) and New Medicine Service (NMS) consultations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages its risks well. Its team members make changes to improve its services. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to and generally makes sure that these are accurate. The pharmacy team knows how to protect vulnerable people and generally manages confidential information well.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy manages its workload safely. It has suitably qualified team members that are competent in their roles. The pharmacy team receives some ongoing training to keep up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides its services from suitable premises.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally manages its workload well. Its team members source its medicines from reputable suppliers and make sure people can use their medicines safely. But it could do more to make sure enough information is given to people who are supplied their medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy keeps its equipment and facilities maintained well so it can provide its services safely.
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 |