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GPhC Owner: Chemicrest Ltd
Contractor Trading Name: GOLDEN CROSS PHARMACY
Contractor Name: CHEMICREST LIMITED
HWB: ESSEX
Region: EAST OF ENGLAND
Code: FCP70
Type: PHARMACY
Full Address
10 GOLDEN CROSS PARADE, ASHINGDON ROAD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX, SS4 1UB
Contact Information
Telephone
01702 544104Contractor/Dispenser Details
Contractor Name
CHEMICREST LIMITED
Contractor Type
SINGLE CONTRACTOR
Dispenser Account Type
English Pharmacy
Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB)
ESSEX
Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC)
ESSEX LPC
Region
EAST OF ENGLAND
GPHC Registration Details
Pharmacy Registration Number
1031340
Trading Name
Golden Cross Pharmacy
Owner Name
Chemicrest LtdPremises Type
Community
Status
Registered
Registration Dates
Initial Registration: 2004-12-13
Renewal Date: 2026-10-31
Expiry Date: 2026-12-31
GPHC Registered Address
10 Goldon Cross Parade, Ashingdon Road, ROCHFORD, Essex, SS41UB, England
Region: East of England
What are GPhC inspection reports?
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) inspects registered pharmacies against five standards. Reports show whether the pharmacy met the standards, with improvement or enforcement action where needed. Premises ID is the same as the pharmacy's GPhC registration number.
Inspection outcome
Standards met
Last inspection
06/01/2020
Pharmacy context
The pharmacy is an independent pharmacy located on a parade of shops near to a village centre in a largely residential area. The people who use the pharmacy are mainly older people. The pharmacy receives around 80% of its prescriptions electronically. It provides a range of services, including Medicines Use Reviews, the New Medicine Service and the NHS Health Checks. It also provides medicines as part of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. It supplies medications in multi-compartment compliance packs to a large number of people who live in their own homes to help them manage their medicines. And it provides substance misuse medications to a small number of people.
Standards by principle
Principle 1 – Governance
Standards met
Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services and operates in a safe and effective manner. It records and regularly reviews any mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. And it uses this information to help make its services safer and reduce any future risk. And team members understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. The pharmacy regularly seeks feedback from people who use the pharmacy and it generally protects people’s personal information. And it generally maintains the records it needs to keep by law.
Principle 2 – Staff
Standards met
The pharmacy has enough team members to provide its services safely and manage its workload. It provides team members with ongoing and structured training to support their learning needs and maintain their knowledge and skills. And they get time set aside in work to complete it. They can raise any concerns or make suggestions and have regular meetings. This means that they can help improve the systems in the pharmacy. The team members can take professional decisions to ensure people taking medicines are safe.
Principle 3 – Premises
Standards met
The premises provide a safe, secure, and clean environment for the pharmacy's services. People can have a conversation with a team member in a private area.
Principle 4 – Services
Standards met
Overall, the pharmacy provides its services safely and manages them well. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. And the pharmacy takes extra care with prescriptions for higher-risk medicines and these are highlighted. So, that there is an opportunity to speak with people when they collect these medicines. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and generally stores them properly. It responds appropriately to drug alerts and product recalls. This helps make sure that its medicines and devices are safe for people to use.
Principle 5 – Equipment
Standards met
The pharmacy largely has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.
Reports & documents (newest first)
Plans agreed with the pharmacy to address areas where standards were not met.
Inspection history summary
| Inspection date | Published | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 06/01/2020 | 26/02/2020 | Standards met |
Integrated Care Board
NHS ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Code: ED7T000000
English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
Understanding IMD
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) measures relative deprivation across England. It ranks all 33,755 LSOAs (England, 2021 boundaries) from most deprived (rank 1) to least deprived (rank 33,755).
Key Points:
Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA)
Rochford 007B
Code: E01021932
Overall Deprivation
Rank 23,471
of 33,755 LSOAs in England (2021)
30.5%
Percentile
Moderate Deprivation
This area is in the middle range of deprivation
Moderate levels of deprivation with mixed socioeconomic characteristics
Quintile (5 groups)
4
of 5
Less Deprived
Middle - 60-80%
Decile (10 groups)
7
of 10
Mid-range
Middle - 60-80%
Deprivation by Domain
Lower ranks = higher deprivation. Domains weighted differently in overall IMD.
Income
22.5%Rank 22,936
32nd percentile
Proportion of people experiencing low income and benefits
Employment
22.5%Rank 21,789
35th percentile
Unemployment and worklessness among working-age people
Health
13.5%Rank 22,793
32nd percentile
Health conditions, disability, and premature mortality
Education
13.5%Rank 15,561
54th percentile
Lack of school qualifications and skills
Crime
9.3%Rank 22,193
34th percentile
Recorded crime and disorder incidents
Housing Barriers
9.3%Rank 14,959
56th percentile
Housing affordability and access to services
Living Environment
9.3%Rank 21,873
35th percentile
Housing quality and air quality
Last Updated
12 June 2026
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