Harris PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy on a busy intersection opposite a railway station. It serves a mainly local population although it is also used by people passing through. It offers a range of services including travel vaccinations, Medicine Use Reviews (MURs), and onsite cholesterol testing. It provides several people with multi-compartment compliance packs to help them take their medicines.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law. ​ And it asks people for their views and keeps people’s private information safe. Team members know how to protect vulnerable people. The pharmacy generally manages its risks appropriately and provides its services safely. But team members do not always record mistakes that happen during the dispensing process. This could mean that they may miss out on opportunities to learn and make the services safer.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has enough trained team members to provide its services safely. They undertake some ongoing training to help them keep their knowledge and skills up to date. They can raise concerns and make suggestions. And they can take professional decisions to help keep people safe.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The premises are secure, and generally suitable for the pharmacy’s services.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  People with a range of needs can access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy generally manages its services well and delivers them safely. It largely manages its medicines appropriately to ensure that they are safe for people to use. But it could do improve how it manages date-expired medicines.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the right equipment and facilities for its services and generally maintains them properly.

Inspection history summary