Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/10/2019
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is located at the rear of a supermarket on the edge of the town. People who use the pharmacy are mainly from the local area but some are from other parts of Greater Manchester. The pharmacy stays open for 100 hours per week, opening early in the morning and closing late in the evening. The pharmacy mainly dispenses NHS prescriptions and sells a range of over-the-counter medicines. It offers a range of health checks and provides flu and meningitis vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Team members are well trained and work well together. The pharmacy encourages them to keep their skills up to date and supports their development. They are comfortable providing feedback to their manager and receive feedback about their own performance. The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its workload safely. Its staffing rotas enable it to have good handover arrangements and effective communication. It enables the team members to act on their own initiative and use their professional judgement to benefit people who use the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy offers a wide range of healthcare services which are easy for people to access. It gives advice to people about healthy living and where they can get other support. Services are generally well managed, so people receive appropriate care. The pharmacy sources, stores and supplies medicines safely. And it carries out some checks to ensure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have the equipment and facilities they need for the services they provide. They maintain the equipment so that it is safe and use it in a way that protects privacy.
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 |