Chemist Near MeGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy situated in a row of shops in a Northampton suburb. Most of its activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling medicines over the counter. The pharmacy supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs to people who live in their own homes. It also provides the ‘Pharmacy First’ service and the hypertension case-finding service. The pharmacy delivers medicines to people's homes.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy identifies and manages the risks associated with the provision of its services. And the pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law. The pharmacy manages people’s personal information safely. Its team members have defined roles and accountabilities. The pharmacy has some procedures to learn from its mistakes. But because the pharmacist does not regularly share the outcome of the near miss reviews with the team, the pharmacy might miss opportunities to improve its ways of working.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  There are enough team members to manage the pharmacy’s workload. They are suitably trained for the roles they undertake. Team members can raise concerns if needed.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The pharmacy keeps its premises safe, secure, and appropriately maintained. And people visiting the pharmacy can have a conversation with a team member in private.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy's healthcare services are mainly suitably managed and are accessible to people. The pharmacy gets its medicines and medical devices from reputable sources. It stores them safely and it knows the right actions to take if medicines or devices are not safe to use, to protect people’s health and wellbeing.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy mainly has the equipment and facilities it needs for the services it provides. It maintains its equipment so that it is safe to use.

Inspection history summary