Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 10/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This is a supermarket pharmacy situated in a town centre, serving the local population. In addition to dispensing medicines the pharmacy provides flu vaccinations. And it supplies people with medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to help them manage their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services well. It keeps all the records it needs by law to ensure that its medicines are supplied safely and legally. And it asks people who use the pharmacy for their views. The pharmacy’s team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. They undertake regular training to keep people’s information safe. They record and review any mistakes they make when dispensing medicines to help prevent similar errors in the future.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members for the services provided, and they work effectively together and are supportive of one another. They have the appropriate skills, qualifications, and training to deliver services safely and effectively. Team members get time set aside for ongoing structured training. This helps them keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are clean, secure and provide an appropriate environment to deliver its services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely. It obtains its medicines from reputable sources, and it manages them appropriately so that they are safe for people to use. It takes the right action in response to safety alerts so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment and facilities it needs to provide services safely. And it keeps them clean. The team uses its facilities and equipment to keep people's private information safe.
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 |