Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 22/11/2022
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is next door to a large health centre in Grimsby. The pharmacy’s main activities are dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It offers a range of services including the seasonal flu vaccination service and blood pressure monitoring. And it delivers medication to some people in their homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It has written procedures that the pharmacy team generally follows. And it completes all the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy mostly protects people’s private information correctly and the pharmacy team has training and guidance to respond to safeguarding concerns. The team members, on most occasions, respond correctly when errors occur. They discuss what happened and they take appropriate action to prevent future mistakes. But they don’t always keep full records of errors to review and improve their practice.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has an experienced team with the qualifications and skills to support its services. Team members work very well together, and they share ideas on how to improve the delivery of services. They actively engage in providing feedback on any changes that may affect their ways of working. They benefit from identifying areas of their own practice they wish to develop, and the pharmacy helps them to achieve this.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are secure and suitable for the services provided. And the pharmacy has adequate facilities to meet the needs of people requiring privacy when using the pharmacy services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides a range of services which are easily accessible for people, and it manages these services well. It uses automation to support the safe delivery of its dispensing service to ensure people receive their medicines when they need them. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable sources, and it stores them properly. The team regularly carries out checks to make sure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. And it makes sure its equipment is used appropriately to protect people’s confidential information.
Pharmacy details
Weelsby View Health Centre
Ladysmith Road
GRIMSBY
DN329SH
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 |