Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 14/11/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in Oban. It dispenses NHS prescriptions including supplying medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs. The pharmacy dispenses private prescriptions and team members advise on minor ailments and medicines use.
This was a desktop reinspection following an inspection in November 2024 where the pharmacy did not meet Standard 4.3. This reinspection focussed on the Standards which had previously not been met. The pharmacy has improved its fridge monitoring procedures and can show that medicines are kept between the accepted range of between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius. It has introduced new arrangements for drug recalls and alerts. And an audit trail of annotated notifications are kept to show the actions taken, including the removal of any affected items.
Inspection summary findings
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 |