Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/10/2024
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is in a busy NHS hospital in a largely residential area. The people who use the pharmacy are those who have admitted to hospital and are being discharged. These people are not able to physically access the pharmacy and their medicines are delivered to them in the hospital. The pharmacy is open five days a week. And this was the pharmacy’s first inspection since opening.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. Team members record and review their mistakes so that they can learn and make the services safer. The pharmacy protects people’s personal information well. And people can provide feedback about the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy keeps its records up to date and accurate. And team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people.
Principle 2. Staff
The pharmacy has enough team members to provide its services safely. The team members can take professional decisions to ensure people taking medicines are safe. They do the right training for their roles. And they are provided with some ongoing training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. They can raise any concerns or make suggestions and have regular meetings.
Principle 3. Premises
The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services.
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
The pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. It gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and stores them properly. It responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls, so that people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
The pharmacy generally has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely.
Pharmacy details
Emergency Department
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG14AB
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 |