Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 04/02/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in a small shopping centre in the town of Cove Bay in Aberdeen. Its main services are dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. It acts as a hub pharmacy and uses an automated dispensing machine to assemble multi-compartment compliance packs for other pharmacies within the company known as spoke pharmacies. The pharmacist provides prescribing services including the NHS Pharmacy First Plus service. Team members provide advice on minor ailments and medicines’ use.
This is the first inspection of the pharmacy since it extended its premises in March 2021.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 3. Premises
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
Principle 5. Equipment and facilities
Pharmacy details
Units 4-5, Shopping Centre
Loirston Avenue
Cove Bay
Aberdeen
AB123HE
Scotland
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 |