Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/10/2023
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located within a large Tesco Extra supermarket on the outskirts of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. The pharmacy serves the local population as well as tourists. The pharmacy currently provides services including NHS dispensing and flu vaccinations. It also sells over-the-counter medicines and provides health advice.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy provides services in line with company processes and procedures which are being followed by staff. Team members generally record, review and learn from mistakes that occur during the dispensing process to prevent similar mistakes in future. The pharmacy has the appropriate insurance cover to protect people if things go wrong. The pharmacy team keeps the records it needs to by law. They protect patient information and understand their roles in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
There are just about enough pharmacy team members to cope with the current workload though, at times, the team can feel under some pressure. They work closely together, can raise concerns and discuss issues.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean, bright and maintained to an adequate standard. The pharmacy has a private consultation room which people can use if they want to speak privately with the pharmacist and the pharmacy is secure when it is closed
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy generally delivers its services in a safe manner. The pharmacy sources, stores and manages medicines appropriately and so makes sure that the medicines it supplies are fit for purpose. The team identifies people supplied with high‐risk medicines so that they can be given extra information they need to take their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs for the delivery of its services. It maintains this equipment to ensure it works and is accurate.
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 |