There are several types of pharmacy audits:

1. Compliance audits: These audits are conducted to ensure that a pharmacy is following all relevant laws, regulations, and policies related to the practice of pharmacy.
2. Quality assurance audits: These audits are designed to evaluate the quality of pharmacy services and to identify areas for improvement.
3. Clinical audits: These audits focus on the clinical aspects of pharmacy practice, including the accuracy and appropriateness of medication orders and the quality of patient care.
4. Financial audits: These audits are conducted to assess the financial performance and efficiency of a pharmacy.
5. Information systems audits: These audits evaluate the security and effectiveness of a pharmacy’s computer systems and technology.
6. Supply chain audits: These audits examine the processes and systems used by a pharmacy to purchase, store, and dispense medications.
7. Safety audits: These audits assess the safety of a pharmacy’s facilities, equipment, and processes.

Audits may be conducted by external organizations such as regulatory agencies or professional bodies, or by the pharmacy itself as part of an ongoing quality improvement process.

Pharmacy Audit Examples

Here are a few community pharmacy audit templates you can download and reuse as you wish:

• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on NSAID Audit on Gastrointestinal Safety
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on LABA as monotherapy for the treatment of asthma without ICS preventer treatment
• Community Pharmacy Audit on Hydration Messages to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on Opioid Replacement Therapy
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on Emergency Hormonal Contraceptives
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on Valproate Safety
• Community Pharmacy Self-Audit Checklist
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on Antibiotics
• Community Pharmacy Audit Template on Gabapentin and Pregabalin

You can perform an audit yourself, or delegate this task to another appropriately qualified professional, however, why not let us help? In our online store, we offer an easily downloadable pharmacy audit template pack.

We can help you find a distance selling pharmacy (DSP) for sale, these often change hands for between £10,000 and £200,000 dependent on a few parameters, these include:

• NHS contract / license – some DSPs are only registered with the GPhC (the pharmacy regulator in the UK) and not the NHS, this means only private prescriptions can be dispensed thus limited revenues, thus reduced price.
• Location – all DSPs must be operated from a physical location. In our decade of experience, we have worked with DSPs location from restaurants to dedicated office space in central London. The price differential would depend on whether there is a freehold or lease. If there is a lease, how long does the lease last for?
• Overheads – the DSP you are looking to purchase may already be operating and thus have overheads. This could range from staff costs to website management. The more expensive DSP would have a large NHS list size, on average this is around 7,000 so a pharmacy doing 50,000 items would need to employ multiple staff members and have sufficient space.

If you would like us to help you find a distance selling pharmacy for sale or would like a no obligation book a time to speak to one of our advisors here.