Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 24/05/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located within the village of Ivinghoe, near Leighton Buzzard, in Bedfordshire. A range of people use the pharmacy's services. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It provides Medicines Use Reviews (MURs), the New Medicine Service (NMS), flu vaccinations during the season and supplies Champix to help people quit smoking. The pharmacy also provides people with multi-compartment compliance aids, if they find it difficult to take their medicines on time.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages most risks effectively. Members of the pharmacy team monitor the safety of their services by recording mistakes and learning from these. In general, the pharmacy maintains most of its records in accordance with the law. And, the team protects people's privacy well. But, team members don’t understand how they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people. So, they may not know how to respond to concerns appropriately.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough staff to manage its workload safely. Pharmacy team members understand their roles and responsibilities. They keep their skills and knowledge up to date by completing regular training.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises provide a professional environment to deliver its services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable sources and in general, stores them appropriately. The pharmacy provides its services safely and effectively. Team members highlight prescriptions that require extra advice and they take extra care with high-risk medicines. This helps ensure that people can take their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment and facilities to provide its services safely.
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 |