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Simmons Chemist (1032136)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 17/02/2025

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Pharmacy context

This community pharmacy is located in a parade of shops on a busy road in Barnet, Hertfordshire. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. And it sells medicines over the counter. The pharmacy provides some peoples medications in multi-compartment compliance packs to help them take their medicines safely. And it provides some NHS services such as Pharmacy First, the New Medicines service and the flu vaccination service. The pharmacy offers a delivery service to people who cannot get to the pharmacy.

This was a full routine inspection of the pharmacy. The pharmacy was last inspected in January 2015.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Pharmacy details

111 Cockfosters Road
Cockfosters
BARNET
EN40DA
England

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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