Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/08/2023
Pharmacy context
This is a distance-selling pharmacy (www.specialspharma.com) and mainly supplies specific controlled drugs. The pharmacy dispenses private prescriptions only. People using the pharmacy are based in the UK. The pharmacy is closed to the public and situated in a business park and medicines are delivered to people via courier.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy largely manages and identifies the risks associated with the services it provides. It protects people's personal information and people are able to provide feedback about the pharmacy's services. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law so that medicines are supplied safely and legally.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its current workload. Team members complete relevant ongoing training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are
clean and secure. The pharmacy’s website gives
people information about the details about the pharmacy and superintendent
pharmacist, so that people can check
where their medicines are supplied from.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
People can access the
pharmacy’s services easily. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable
suppliers and generally stores them properly. It responds appropriately to drug
alerts and product recalls. This helps make sure that its medicines and devices
are safe for people to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
Pharmacy details
TC1-32, The Cube
Londoneast-uk
Business and Technical Park
Dagenham
RM107FN
England
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 |