Fareham Community PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy located on a shopping parade in Fareham. It serves its local population and is open six days a week. The pharmacy sells a range of over-the-counter medicines, dispenses NHS and private prescriptions, provides the Pharmacy First service, a contraceptive service and a blood pressure service. They also provide flu and COVID-19 vaccines, multi-compartment compliance aids and a local delivery service.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. It has up‐to‐date written procedures that the pharmacy team follows. It completes all the records it needs to by law, but it could do more to ensure that fridge temperatures are recorded every day. The pharmacy has suitable insurance to cover its services. The pharmacy team keeps people’s private information safe. And it knows how to protect the safety of vulnerable people.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy trains its team members for the tasks they carry out using accredited training courses and provides additional training to allow the staff to develop their roles. The pharmacy team manages its workload safely and effectively. And team members support one another well. They are comfortable with assisting one another, so that they can improve the quality of the pharmacy's services.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The pharmacy premises are clean, organised and appropriate for the services delivered. The pharmacy has enough workspace for the team to work effectively. The pharmacy has a suitable consultation room for private conversations.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy provides a range of services to support the health needs of its community. And people can easily access these services. The team makes suitable checks to ensure people taking higher‐risk medicines do so safely and they provide appropriate counselling. Team members generally store and manage medicines appropriately. And they take the right action in response to safety alerts and medicines shortages, so people get medicines and medical devices that are safe to use.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has appropriate equipment for the services it provides. And it keeps its equipment clean and well maintained to make sure it is safe to use.

Inspection history summary