Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 15/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy on a parade with other small shops in the residential village of Cudworth in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The pharmacy sells over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS prescriptions. It also dispenses private prescriptions. The pharmacy team offers advice to people about minor illnesses and long-term conditions. And offers services including medicines use reviews (MURs), flu vaccinations and the NHS New Medicines Service (NMS). It also supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs to people living in their own homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy employs people with the right skills and qualifications to undertake the tasks within their roles. The pharmacy supports its team members to complete training. And this helps them improve their knowledge and skills. They tailor their training to meet their own needs.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is secure and well maintained. The temperature in the premises is not well controlled. And so, the team often find it uncomfortable to work on warm days
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The equipment the pharmacy uses in the delivery of its services is clean, safe and protects people’s confidentiality.
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 |