Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 26/06/2019
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is located inside The Christie Hospital in the suburb of Withington, South Manchester. It is a subsidiary of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, which specialises in cancer care, research and education. The pharmacy supplies medicines to both inpatients and outpatients receiving treatment at the hospital and through Christie at Home.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy effectively identifies and manages risks. It carries out regular checks to make sure that written procedures are being followed and team members complete tasks safely. And it keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy seeks feedback from people and uses it to try and make improvements. And pharmacy team members complete training and understand how to keep people’s private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members work in an open environment and there are enough staff to manage the current workload. Pharmacy team members complete planned training to make sure they keep their knowledge and skills up to date, and they get regular feedback on their development.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a clean, safe and secure environment for the delivery of pharmacy services. But a lack of consultation facilities may mean that people do not always have access to a private area for confidential discussions.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are accessible and well managed so that people receive appropriate care. The pharmacy sources and stores medicines securely and team members carry out regular checks to make sure that they are suitable for supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has access to the equipment it needs to deliver its services safely.
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 |