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Virens Chemist (1040385)

Inspection outcome: Standards not all met

Last inspection: 10/03/2026

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Improvement action plan

 

Pharmacy context

This community pharmacy is located within a parade of shops, on a main road in Edmonton. It sells medicines over the counter. And it dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to some people. It offers some additional services such as NHS Pharmacy First and seasonal flu and Covid vaccinations. And it provides a face-to-face private prescribing service where prescriptions are issued by a pharmacist independent prescriber. The pharmacy provides a prescription delivery service to some people in the local area. This was a full routine inspection of the pharmacy. The pharmacy was last inspected in September 2016.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards not all met

Principle 2. Staff

Standards met

Principle 3. Premises

Standards met

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards not all met

Principle 5. Equipment and facilities

Standards met

Pharmacy details

560 Hertford Road
Edmonton
LONDON
N9 8AG
UK

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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 does 'pharmacy has not met all standards' mean?

When a pharmacy has not met all standards, they are required to complete an improvement action plan, which you can find via a link at the top left of this page. We monitor progress to check the improvements are made and inspect again after six months to make sure the pharmacy is maintaining these improvements. A new report will then be published.