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Healthful Pharmacy Rothesay (9012593)

Inspection outcome: Standards met

Last inspection: 21/04/2026

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Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy on a main street in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Its main activity is dispensing NHS prescriptions. And it supplies medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines properly. The pharmacy offers a delivery service and the NHS Pharmacy First Service. The Superintendent Pharmacist provides a private weight management service. This was a reinspection following an inspection in October 2025 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1,1, 1.6, 4.3 and 4.4. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection, the pharmacy has implemented a procedure to support the NHS Pharmacy First service. And team members have read this. Team members perform checks on expiry dates of medicines and fridge temperatures to ensure medicines remain fit for use. And they record their actions. Supplies of treatment under Patient Group Direction (PGDs) are entered into the patient medication record and the pharmacy maintains records of each consultation. The pharmacy has implemented a process to action Medicines Healthcare and Products Regulatory Agency patient safety alerts and recalls and the Superintendent Pharmacist has oversight of this.

Inspection summary findings

Principle 1. Governance

Standards met

Principle 4. Services, including medicines management

Standards met

Pharmacy details

63 Victoria Street
Rothesay
Isle of Bute
PA20 0AP
United Kingdom

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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

Met The pharmacy has met all the standards for registered pharmacies
Not all met 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:

Excellent practice The pharmacy delivers an innovative service and benefits the whole community and performs well against the standards
Good practice The pharmacy delivers positive outcomes for patients and performs well against most of the standards
Standards met The pharmacy meets all the standards
Standards not all met The pharmacy has not met one or more standards