Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 07/03/2024
Pharmacy context
This pharmacy is in a Morrisons supermarket near to Scarborough, a large coastal town in North Yorkshire. The pharmacy’s main activities are dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It provides several people with their medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help them take their medication correctly. The pharmacy provides other NHS services including the hypertension case finding service and the Pharmacy First service.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services well. It has up-to-date written procedures that team members follow to help ensure they provide the pharmacy’s services safely. And it keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy suitably protects people’s private information, and it provides team members with training and guidance to help them respond correctly to safeguarding concerns about vulnerable people. Team members respond appropriately when mistakes happen by identifying what caused the error and acting to prevent future mistakes.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has a team with a good range of experience and skills to help safely provide its services. Team members work well together and are good at supporting each other in their day-to-day work. New team members are fully supported while undergoing their training. And team members have some opportunities to receive feedback and complete training so they can suitably develop their skills and knowledge.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy premises are clean, secure and provide an adequate environment for the services provided. And the pharmacy has appropriate facilities to meet the needs of people requiring privacy when using its services. Team members work in an organised manner and manage the limited space they work in well to ensure they dispense prescriptions safely.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides a range of services which are easily accessible for people. Team members manage the pharmacy services well to help people receive appropriate care and to make sure people receive their medicines when they need them. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from recognised suppliers and it stores them properly. The team regularly carries out checks to make sure medicines are in good condition and suitable to supply.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. And it makes sure it uses its equipment appropriately to protect people’s confidential information.
Pharmacy details
Morrisons Supermarket
Dunslow Road
Crosscoates
SCARBOROUGH
YO113YN
England
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 |