Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 20/04/2021
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy was inspected
during the COVID-19 pandemic. It had moved to the current site in September
2020 to be closer to a new surgery building in the village. It is located next
door to a local supermarket in a parade of four shops. It is in the new housing
estate in the village. And is the only pharmacy in the village. It closes
between 1pm and 2pm daily.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Members of the pharmacy
team work to professional standards and identify and manage risks effectively.
They record or discuss mistakes they make during the dispensing process, with
the regular pharmacist. And they try to learn from these to avoid problems
being repeated. The pharmacy generally keeps its records up to date and these
show that it is providing safe services. Its team members also understand how
they can help to protect the welfare of vulnerable people. The pharmacy team
members keep people’s private information safe.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to provide its services safely, and they work effectively together and are supportive of one another. They have the appropriate skills, qualifications and training to deliver services safely and effectively. They have opportunities to progress their pharmacy careers. And they can contribute ideas which make the pharmacy more efficient.
Principle 3. Premises
The pharmacy's premises are
clean, secure and provide an appropriate environment to deliver the pharmacy’s services.
People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Overall, the pharmacy
delivers its services in a safe and effective way and it gets its medicines
from reputable sources. Pharmacy team members are helpful and give advice to
people about where they can get other support. The pharmacy offers a range of
services, which it advertises effectively. It tries to make sure that people
have all the information they need so that they can use their medicines safely
although there are times when this does not happen consistently. And it must
make sure that it always gives people the necessary information about pregnancy
prevention when it supplies valproate.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy generally has
the right equipment for its services. It makes sure its equipment is safe to
use.
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 |