Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 25/06/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in the village of Silkstone in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The pharmacy sells over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS prescriptions. It also dispenses private prescriptions. The pharmacy team offers advice to people about minor illnesses and long-term conditions. And offers services including medicines use reviews (MURs), flu vaccinations and the NHS New Medicines Service (NMS). It also supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs to people living in their own homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has adequate processes and written procedures to protect the safety and wellbeing of people who access its services. It keeps the records it must have by law and generally keeps people’s private information safe. It is well equipped to protect the welfare of vulnerable adults and children. The pharmacy team members try to learn from any errors they make when dispensing. And they implement steps to make sure the errors are not repeated.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy employs enough team members to manage the services it provides. The team members complete training to ensure their knowledge and skills are refreshed and up to date. And they can raise professional concerns when necessary.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is secure and adequately maintained. It has a sound-proof room where people can have private conversations with the pharmacy’s team members.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides an appropriate range of services to help people meet their health needs. It generally stores, sources and manages its medicines safely. And it identifies and manages its risks adequately. The pharmacy team members help people to safely take high-risk medicines.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy’s equipment is clean and safe, and the pharmacy uses it appropriately to protect people’s confidentiality.
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 |