Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 10/02/2023
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is located on a parade of shops in the village of Stocksbridge, Sheffield. Its main services include dispensing NHS and private prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It provides some people and one local care home with their medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs. And it delivers some medicines to people’s homes.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately identifies and manages most of the risks associated with the services it provides. It has written procedures to help the team carry out specific tasks. And it completes the records it needs to by law. Team members know how to protect the welfare of vulnerable people. But they don’t keep records of the mistakes made during the dispensing process. And so, the team may miss opportunity to learn from these mistakes and make the pharmacy safer.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to manage its services. And they have the right qualifications and skills to provide the pharmacy's services. Team members can give feedback on ways the pharmacy can improve. And they complete ongoing training to keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy keeps its premises clean and secure. And they are suitable for the services the pharmacy provides for people. The pharmacy has a suitable consultation room where people can have private conversations with team members.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy's services are easily accessible to people. And it generally manages its services well to help people manage their health effectively. The pharmacy sources its medicines appropriately and the pharmacy team completes checks of the expiry dates of the medicines to make sure to make sure they are fit for purpose.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriately maintained equipment that it needs to provide its services. And it uses its equipment appropriately to help protect 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 |