Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/11/2025
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Pharmacy context
This was a busy high street pharmacy, dispensing around 5400 NHS items per month and a small quantity of private dispensing. Around 65% of the NHS items were from collection service, with few managed repeat items.
The NHS items included supply to around 31 patients in MDS trays.
Other NHS services provided were the standard Scottish pharmacy contract services – CMS, eMAS, smoking cessation and the gluten free food prescribing service for 17 patients. A local NHS needle return service was offered.
Services provided under PGDs were unscheduled care, emergency hormonal contraception and chloramphenicol ophthalmic products.
A substance misuse service was provided to 1 supervised and 5 ‘takeaway’ methadone clients, and 1 supervised and 2 takeaway buprenorphine clients.
There was a consultation room
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
What do the inspection outcomes mean?
After an inspection each pharmacy receives one overall outcome. This will be either Standards met or Standards not all met
| The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies | |
| The pharmacy has not met one or more of the standards for registered pharmacies |
What do the summary findings for each principle mean?
The standards for registered pharmacies are made up of five principles. The pharmacy will also receive one of four possible findings for each of these principles. These are:
| The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards | |
| The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards | |
| The pharmacy meets all the standards | |
| The pharmacy has not met one or more standards |