Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 05/06/2025
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Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is in the centre of Histon, near Cambridge. Its main activity is supplying medicines to people against NHS prescriptions, some of which are dispensed at the company’s hub. The pharmacy also provides New Medicines Service checks, the Pharmacy First service and seasonal flu and Covid-19 booster vaccinations. It supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to a small number of people who need this support. It delivers medicines to some people. And it provides a substance misuse service.
This was a routine focused inspection which looked at the core Standards for pharmacies which are most related to patient safety. Not all Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was last inspected in 2017.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
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 |