Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 16/11/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is next to a medical centre in a largely residential area. It provides a range of services, the New Medicine Service. And it also provides medicines as part of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. The pharmacy receives around 90% of its prescriptions electronically. And it supplies medications in multi-compartment compliance packs to a large number of people who live in their own homes to help them manage their medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. It protects people’s personal information well. And people can feedback about the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy keeps most of its records up to date and accurate. And team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They do the right training for their roles. And they are provided with some ongoing training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. They can discuss any concerns or make suggestions openly.
Principle 3. Premises
People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area in the pharmacy. And the premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and stores them properly. It responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
Pharmacy details
Framfield Medical Centre
Ipswich Road
WOODBRIDGE
IP124FD
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 |