Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 02/11/2021
Pharmacy context
This is an outpatient pharmacy inside Stepping Hill Hospital, near Stockport. The pharmacy dispenses outpatient prescriptions written by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. It also provides a range of services including smoking cessation, emergency hormonal contraception and blood pressure monitoring.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy team follows written procedures, and this helps to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. And members of the team are given training so that they know how to keep private information safe. They record things that go wrong and discuss them to help identify learning and reduce the chances of similar mistakes happening again.
Principle 2. Staff
There are enough staff to manage the pharmacy's workload and they are appropriately trained for the jobs they do. Members of the pharmacy team complete some additional training to help them keep their knowledge up to date. They routinely discuss their work and share learning between members of the team.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services provided and steps have been taken to make the premises COVID secure. A consultation room is available to enable private conversations.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are provided safely. Members of the pharmacy team complete additional checks when prescriptions are handed in and provide counselling and advice when medicines are handed out. The pharmacy provides a counselling service for people who start on high-risk methotrexate and biologic-type injections, and feedback is given to the patient’s clinics so they know if there are any problems. It gets its medicines from recognised sources, stores them appropriately and carries out regular checks to help make sure that they are in good condition.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Members of the pharmacy team have access to the equipment they need for the services they provide. And they maintain the equipment so that it is safe to use.
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 |