Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 26/02/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy located in a residential area in the town of Bathgate, West Lothian. Its main services include dispensing NHS prescriptions, including serial prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. The pharmacy provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to people who need help to take their medicines at the right times. And it provides a medicines’ delivery service.
This was a reinspection of the pharmacy following an inspection in September 2024 where the pharmacy was found to be not meeting standard 1.6 but was meeting other standards. The reinspection focused on the standard which had previously not been met and part of another standard due to what the Inspector observed. Following the last inspection, the pharmacy had implemented more robust processes for managing some higher-risk medicines that require safe storage. And they had maintained a Responsible Pharmacist record.
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 |