Swalecliffe PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

The pharmacy is located on a parade of shops in a largely residential area. The people who use the pharmacy are mainly older people. The pharmacy receives around 95% of its prescriptions electronically. And it provides a range of services, including the New Medicine Service, stop smoking service, diabetes checks, flu vaccinations. It also supplies PCR test kits to people. And it provides medicines as part of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. The pharmacy 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. The inspection was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  Overall, the pharmacy adequately identifies and manages the risks associated with its services to help provide them safely. The pharmacy largely protects people’s personal information. It records any mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. And it keeps the records it needs to keep by law, to show that its medicines are supplied safely and legally. Team members generally understand their role in protecting vulnerable people, but some of them may benefit from some additional training about safeguarding.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They do the right training for their roles and they are provided with some training to help maintain their knowledge. Team members can take professional decisions to ensure people taking medicines are safe. And they can raise concerns to do with the pharmacy or other issues affecting people’s safety.

• 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. The pharmacy gets its medicines from reputable suppliers and 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. People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. ​But the pharmacy doesn't always highlight prescriptions for higher-risk medicines. And this may mean that it misses opportunities to speak with people when they collect these medicines.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the equipment it needs to provide its services safely. It uses its equipment to help protect people’s personal information.

Inspection history summary