Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 24/07/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in Goole, North Humberside. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions and sells over-the-counter medicines. The pharmacy offers a prescription collection service from local GP surgeries. And it delivers medicines to people’s homes. It supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs, to help people remember to take their medicines. And it provides NHS services such as a substance misuse service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy generally manages risks to its services. And it records mistakes that happen whilst dispensing. The pharmacy mostly keeps the records it needs to by law and keeps people's private information safe. The pharmacy team members know how to protect the safety of vulnerable people. The pharmacy has some procedures for pharmacy team members to follow. But these are not reviewed in a timely manner.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough suitably trained and skilled team members to provide its services safely. The pharmacy team members receive some adhoc training to keep their knowledge up to date. They discuss tasks and workload to make sure they provide pharmacy services in a timely manner.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises are clean, secure and suitable to provide its services safely. The pharmacy’s team appropriately manages the available space. And it has a suitable consultation room for people to have private conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment needed to provide the pharmacy services it offers. It is stored appropriately and used in a way that protects the privacy and dignity of people.
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 |