Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 17/07/2024
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in the centre of the village of Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. The pharmacy sells over‐the‐counter medicines and provides advice. It dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. The pharmacy offers a few services such as the New Medicine Service (NMS) and local deliveries. And it supplies some people’s medicines inside multi‐compartment compliance packs if they find it difficult to take them.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has appropriate systems in place to identify and manage the risks associated with its services. Members of the pharmacy team deal with their mistakes responsibly. But they are not always reviewing them formally. This could mean that they may be missing opportunities to spot patterns and prevent similar mistakes happening in future. Team members understand their roles well. They know how to protect the welfare of vulnerable people. And the pharmacy suitably protects people’s confidential information.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy's team members have the appropriate skills, qualifications, and training to deliver services safely and effectively. The pharmacy team manages the workload well. And they have access to training materials to help with ongoing training.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy’s premises are professionally presented. They provide a suitable environment for people to receive healthcare services from. And the pharmacy has a separate space where confidential conversations and services can take place.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services overall are effectively managed and delivered safely. People can easily access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy sources its medicines from reputable suppliers. And team members store as well as manage medicines appropriately. But they are not always making relevant checks when people receive higher-risk medicines. This makes it difficult for them to show that people are provided with appropriate advice when these medicines are supplied.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has an appropriate range of equipment available to provide its services. And team members keep the equipment suitably clean.
Pharmacy details
57 St. Peters Court
High Street
Chalfont St. Peter
Gerrards Cross
SL99QQ
England
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 |