Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/10/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a private pharmacy near a town centre in a largely residential area. The pharmacy dispenses medicines against private prescriptions. And it dispenses some unlicensed topical medicines which it prepares on site for various skin conditions. The pharmacy uses patient group directions for a variety of services, including COVID vaccinations, flu vaccinations and travel vaccinations. And it sells some pharmacy-only and general sales list medicines from its online shop. This is the pharmacy’s first inspection since it opened in September 2023.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It keeps its records up to date and accurate. And it protects people’s personal information well. People can provide feedback about the pharmacy’s services. And the pharmacy knows how to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacist normally works alone but it able to comfortably manage the workload. The pharmacist keeps their knowledge and skills up to date. They can raise any concerns with the relevant people and can make professional decisions.
Principle 3. Premises
People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area. The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. The pharmacy gets its medicines from accredited suppliers and 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. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
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 |