Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 29/09/2025
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Pharmacy context
Well is a supermarket pharmacy located in a large semi-rural village. NHS dispensing is the main activity and the pharmacy typically dispenses around 5,000 items per month, including medicines supplied in monitored dosage system (MDS) trays for approximately 20 patients. The pharmacy provides advanced services (MURs and DMRs) and some enhanced services (the Choose Pharmacy common ailments scheme, the All-Wales EHC service, smoking cessation levels two (supply only) and three (supply and monitoring), the Emergency Supply of Prescribed Medicines service, seasonal influenza vaccination and the provision of MAR charts to three patients). It also provides a private influenza vaccination service under a patient group direction (PGD)
A prescription collection service is offered to all patients and a delivery service is provided to some of these patients. The pharmacy offers blood pressure monitoring on request. It has no substance misuse clients.
The pharmacy is open from Monday to Saturday between 08.30 and 19.00 and on Sundays between 10.00 and 16.00.
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 |