Osbon PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy in the same building as a GP surgery, but with a separate entrance. Most of the people who use the pharmacy are registered with the surgery next door. The pharmacy provides seasonal flu vaccinations and delivers medicines to people. It supplies medication in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help taking their medicines. And it offers Medicines Use Reviews (MURs) and the New Medicine Service (NMS).

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy generally identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. Team members record and learn from any mistakes, which helps make the services safer for people to use. They are clear about their roles and responsibilities. The pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law to make sure that medicines are supplied safely and legally. Team members generally know how to protect people’s personal information. And they know how to protect vulnerable people.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has enough trained staff to provide its services safely. Team members undertake some ongoing training to help keep their knowledge and skills up to date. They are able to raise concerns and make suggestions to help improve the systems in the pharmacy. They can take professional decisions to help protect people’s safety.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The premises are secure and suitable for the pharmacy’s services. They are maintained to an appropriate level of hygiene.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy largely provides its services safely and effectively. People who receive their medication in multi-compartment compliance packs are given the information they need to take their medicines safely. The pharmacy takes the right action in response to safety alerts to ensure that people get medicines and medical devices which are safe to use. It generally manages its medicines well. But medicines are not always date checked on a regular basis. This could increase the chance that people are supplied medicines which are past their ‘use-by’ date.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the right equipment for the services it provides, and generally maintains it well.

Inspection history summary