Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 15/08/2022
Pharmacy context
This community pharmacy is situated in Whitley Bay, which is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and private prescriptions. It offers a medicines’ delivery service. The pharmacy team advises on minor ailments and medicines’ use. And it supplies a range of over-the-counter medicines.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy appropriately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It has up-to-date written procedures that pharmacy team members follow. They openly discuss mistakes that happen and they take suitable action to prevent future mistakes. The pharmacy has appropriate insurance to protect people if things go wrong. It completes all the records it needs to by law.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a team with the qualifications and skills to support its services. Team members work well together, and they support each other to manage the workload. They complete ongoing training to keep their knowledge up to date.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy provides a safe and secure environment for people to receive healthcare. Its premises are suitable for the workload and services it provides. And they are bright and tidy. The pharmacy has a room where people can have private conversations with members of the pharmacy team.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides services that people can easily access. Its working practices are safe and effective. It gets its medicines from reputable sources. And members of the pharmacy team carry out checks to make sure the pharmacy’s medicines are safe and fit for purpose. They highlight prescriptions for higher risk medicines to make sure people receive appropriate advice and information to take their medicines safely. And they dispose of people’s unwanted medicines properly.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. And its team makes sure the equipment it uses is clean.
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 |