Publication of inspection reports
We are now publishing reports from pharmacy inspections that have taken place since April 2019. For more details please visit our new Pharmacy Inspections website.
Before an inspection report is published, it goes through a quality assurance process. The pharmacy owner or superintendent pharmacist will be given an opportunity to review the report and check its factual accuracy before the report is finalised.
Inspection reports will then usually be published on the new pharmacy inspection publication website within six weeks of the inspection taking place.
See our flowchart on the process for drafting and finalising a report prior its publication
Click on the preview image below to open the full diagram (opens on a separate window - you will be able to scroll up and down and zoom in and out).
The diagram is also available to download in pdf format [PDF 853 KB]
Review of overall outcome of the inspection process
Pharmacy owners and superintendent pharmacists can ask for a formal review of the overall outcome of an inspection where they consider that the evidence does not support the outcome.
The owner or superintendent must complete this form requesting a review - (on click the form will attempt to download automatically) and send by email it to inspectionreviews@pharmacyregulation.org within 5 working days of receipt of the final report.
Flowchart on the process for a formal review of the overall outcome of the inspection process
Click on the preview image below to open the full diagram (opens on a separate window - you will be able to scroll up and down and zoom in and out).
The diagram is also available to download in pdf format [PDF 912 KB]
We have also produced a guide to this review process [PDF 378 KB]