Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 15/04/2025
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Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located within a parade of shops in the city centre of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. It dispenses NHS prescriptions, sells a range of over‐the‐counter medicines and it supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to a couple of people who need assistance in managing their medicines safely at home. The pharmacy also provides the NHS Pharmacy First service, New Medicine service, hypertension case finding service, discharge medicines service, pharmacy contraception service, and seasonal flu vaccinations.
This was a routine inspection of the pharmacy which focused on the core Standards relating to patient safety. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was previously inspected in 2016.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |