Tesco Instore PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy inside a Supermarket in Worcester, Worcestershire. The pharmacy dispenses NHS and private prescriptions. Its team members sell over-the-counter medicines and provide advice. The pharmacy offers a few services such as the New Medicine Service (NMS), Pharmacy First and seasonal flu vaccinations. And it supplies some people’s medicines inside multi-compartment compliance packs if they find it difficult to take them.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy effectively identifies and manages the risks associated with its services. Members of the pharmacy team monitor the safety of their services by recording their mistakes and learning from them. They understand their role in protecting the welfare of vulnerable people. The pharmacy protects people’s confidential information appropriately. And the pharmacy largely keeps the records it needs to by law.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has capable team members. They work well together, have a range of skills and experience, and the pharmacy provides additional resources to help keep their skills and knowledge up to date.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  Overall, the pharmacy premises are appropriate for providing healthcare services. The pharmacy has a separate space where confidential conversations and services can take place. But the roof does not provide sufficient protection from the rain and detracts from the overall professional look and feel of the room.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy overall, has safe working practices. It is open for extended hours and the team tries to ensure that people with different needs can easily access the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy obtains its medicines from reputable suppliers. It stores and manages its medicines well. Team members also highlight prescriptions that require extra advice, and they make some suitable checks. This helps ensure people can take their medicines correctly.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the necessary equipment and facilities it needs to provide its services safely. Its equipment is suitably clean. And team members use them appropriately to keep people’s confidential information safe.

Inspection history summary