Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 18/05/2026
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Pharmacy context
This is a busy community pharmacy in the town of Rutherglen in Glasgow. It provides a range of NHS and private services. This includes dispensing NHS prescriptions and providing some people with their medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help them take their medicines correctly. And it uses automated technology to support its dispensing services. The pharmacy provides the NHS Pharmacy First Plus service and has a private prescribing service which includes prescribing low-dose naltrexone (LDN). The pharmacy also dispenses medication for several specialist private clinics. This was an intelligence-led inspection of the pharmacy following information received by the GPhC which focused on the private dispensing and prescribing services. Not all the Standards were inspected on this occasion. The pharmacy was last inspected in January 2024 and all standards were met.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
Principle 2. Staff
Principle 4. Services, including medicines management
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 |