Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 10/11/2023
Pharmacy context
This is a pharmacy located within a hospital in
Warrington. It supplies medicines to people in the hospital’s wards and to two
local hospices. It supplies some people with medicines in multi-compartment
compliance packs to help them take their medicines. And it has a private
consultation room for people to use when accessing services.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy has written procedures to help make
sure team members provide its services safely and effectively. And it keeps the
records it needs to by law so it can show supplies are made safely and legally.
It makes records of mistakes that happen during the dispensing process, and it
regularly reviews these so that its team members can learn from them. Members
of the pharmacy team effectively keep people’s private information safe, and
they know how to safeguard people that may be vulnerable.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough
trained team members to safely manage the workload. And it provides them with a
good level of support to complete any ongoing training. New members of the team
complete a comprehensive induction programme, so they have the skills for their
role. Members of the team meet regularly to discuss any concerns and provide
feedback which helps to improve the service they offer to people.
Principle 3. Premises
The environment is suitable for the provision of
pharmacy services. The pharmacy premises are clean and tidy. A consultation
room is available so the team can have private conversations with people.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its
services safely and manages them well. It has processes to make sure the team
provides people receiving higher-risk medicines with the correct advice. And it
stores and manages its medicines in a way to help make sure they are safe to
supply to people.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services. And its facilities help to provide services in a safe and effective manner.
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 |