Billingshurst PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

A community pharmacy set in a parade of shops in the centre of Billingshurst. The pharmacy opens six days a week. It sells a range of over-the-counter medicines and dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. It supplies medicines to care homes and provides multi-compartment compliance aids to help people take their medicines. It delivers medicines to people who can’t attend its premises in person. And it offers winter influenza (flu) vaccinations and a private health check service.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has written procedures to help make sure its team works safely. It adequately monitors the safety of its services. It has appropriate insurance to protect people if things do go wrong. It generally keeps all the records it needs to by law. And it asks people using its services for their views. People who work in the pharmacy can explain what they do, what they’re responsible for and when they might seek help. They work to professional standards and identify and manage risks appropriately. They record the mistakes they make and learn from them to try and stop them happening again. They understand their role in protecting vulnerable people. But they could do more to keep people’s private information safe.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has enough staff to deliver its services safely. And it encourages its team members to provide feedback and keep their knowledge up to date. But it could do more to make sure its staff are appropriately trained for the tasks they’re expected to do. The pharmacy team makes appropriate decisions about what is right for the people it cares for. Staff know how to raise a concern if they have one. And their professional judgement and patient safety are not affected by targets.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The pharmacy provides a safe and professional environment for people to receive healthcare.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy’s working practices are safe and effective. It provides services that people can access easily. It delivers prescription medicines to people’s homes and keeps records to show that it has delivered the right medicine to the right person. And it gets its medicines from reputable sources and it stores them appropriately and securely. The pharmacy’s team members check stocks of medicines to make sure they are fit for purpose. They generally dispose of people’s waste medicines safely too.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the appropriate equipment and the facilities it needs to provide its services safely.

Inspection history summary