Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 01/11/2022
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is adjacent to a health centre in the suburbs of Bradford. Pharmacy team members dispense NHS prescriptions and sell a range of over‐the‐counter medicines. They provide medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs for some people. And they deliver medicines to people’s homes. The pharmacy provides a seasonal flu vaccination service to people. And it provides people with some travel vaccinations.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy adequately identifies and manages risks to its services. It has the written procedures it needs relevant to its services. Pharmacy team members consider the risks of providing services to people. But they don’t record these assessments to help with ongoing risk management. Pharmacy team members understand their role to help protect vulnerable people. And they suitably protect people’s confidential information. Team members record and discuss most of the mistakes they make so that they can learn from them. But they don’t always capture key information in these records, so some learning opportunities may be missed.
Principle 2. Staff
Pharmacy team members have the right qualifications and skills for their roles and the services they provide. They complete some ongoing training to keep their knowledge up to date. They effectively discuss and implement changes to improve their services and make the pharmacy safer. And they feel comfortable raising concerns with the right people if necessary.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy is clean and properly maintained. It provides a suitable space for the services it provides. The pharmacy has a suitable room which pharmacy team members use to speak to people privately.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy’s services are easily accessible to people. The pharmacy has systems in place to help provide its services safely and effectively. It sources its medicines appropriately. And it generally stores and manages its medicines properly. But pharmacy team members do not always provide people with all the appropriate information to help them take their medicines safely.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy has the necessary equipment available, which it properly maintains. And it manages and uses the equipment in ways that protect people’s confidentiality.
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 |