Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 09/04/2026
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy on a parade of shops in a largely residential area of Rochester. It provides NHS services such as the New Medicine Service, the Pharmacy First service and the Hypertension Case Finding Service. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need this support. It provides a face-to-face private prescribing service for various conditions such infected bites, acute bronchitis, acute sinusitis, rosacea, impetigo and acute urinary tract infections. Currently, the pharmacy only issues a small number of prescriptions each month. And it delivers medicines to some people’s homes. This was a desktop re-inspection of the pharmacy following an inspection in December 2025 where the pharmacy was found to be not meeting Standard 4.3 but was meeting the other Standards. The re-inspection focused on the Standard which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection, the pharmacy has replaced the affected fridge and records showed that these medicines were now being stored at appropriate temperatures.
Inspection summary findings
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 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 |