Inspection outcome: Standards met
Last inspection: 03/04/2025
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Pharmacy context
This is a veterinary pharmacy based within a retail premises in Dumfries in Scotland. The pharmacy’s main activity is supplying veterinary medicines (POM-VPS and POM-V) for agricultural use. And it supplies human medicines for animals against a prescription written by a veterinary surgeon when no licenced medicine is available. The premises are also regulated by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.This was a desktop inspection following an inspection in February 2025 where the pharmacy did not meet Standards 1.2 and 1.6. This reinspection focused on those Standards which had previously not been met. Since the last inspection, the pharmacy now has a written procedure for team members to follow when recording mistakes made during the dispensing process. And it is maintaining a complete log of the responsible pharmacist on duty, displaying the responsible pharmacist notice as per requirements.
Inspection summary findings
Principle 1. Governance
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 |