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Vale Road Pharmacy (1080333)

GPhC Reference 1080333

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 23/05/2019

Pharmacy context

The pharmacy is located opposite a GP practice, amongst a small number of other retail shops in a residential area, in the coastal town of Rhyl, North Wales. The pharmacy premises are accessible for people, with adequate space in the retail area and consultation room for wheelchairs or prams. The pharmacy sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses both private and NHS prescriptions. 

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

The pharmacy manages the risks associated with its services and protects peoples’ information. It asks people for their views and uses this feedback to improve its services. Members of the pharmacy team work to professional standards and are clear about their roles and responsibilities. They record their mistakes so that they can learn from them and they act to help stop the same sort of mistakes from happening again. The team members complete training so they know how to protect vulnerable people.

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. The team members are trained and work effectively together. They are comfortable about providing feedback to the manager. The pharmacy enables its team members to act on their own initiative and use their professional judgement, to the benefit of people who use the pharmacy’s services.

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

The pharmacy is clean and tidy. It is a suitable place to provide healthcare.

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

The pharmacy’s services are accessible to most people and they are generally well managed. The pharmacy sources and stores medicines safely and carries out checks to help make sure that medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide the service safely.

Pharmacy details

83 Vale Road
RHYL
LL182PG
Wales

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards