Inspection outcome: Standards not all met
Last inspection: 19/02/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a traditional community pharmacy located on a small retail development in a residential area on the outskirts of Chester. NHS dispensing is the main activity, and the pharmacy also provides a number of other NHS and private services and sells a range of over-the-counter medicines.
This was a reinspection following an inspection in December 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 1.1. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met and others following information received by the GPhC. The pharmacy's standard operating procedures (SOPs) had not been reviewed and amended to reflect the way in which team members completed some tasks including the dispensing workflow and ordering stock for prescriptions.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 does 'pharmacy has not met all standards' mean?
When a pharmacy has not met all standards, they are required to complete an improvement action plan, which you can find via a link at the top left of this page. We monitor progress to check the improvements are made and inspect again after six months to make sure the pharmacy is maintaining these improvements. A new report will then be published.
Inspection History
- December 2024 - View inspection report (PDF 113.4KB)
- December 2024 - Improvement action plan
- June 2024 - View inspection report (PDF 115.0KB)
- June 2024 - Improvement action plan
- October 2023 - View inspection report (PDF 113.8KB)
- October 2023 - Improvement action plan
- January 2020 - View inspection report (PDF 113.6KB)