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Full Address
ARDACH HEALTH CENTRE, HIGHFIELD ROAD, BUCKIE, AB561JE
Contact Information
Telephone
01542 831147Contractor/Dispenser Details
Dispenser Name
RIGHT MEDICINE PHARMACY LTD
GPHC Registration Details
Pharmacy Registration Number
1041919
Trading Name
Right Medicine Pharmacy
Owner Name
Right Medicine Pharmacy LimitedPremises Type
Community
Status
Registered
Registration Dates
Initial Registration: 2005-09-01
Renewal Date: 2026-10-31
Expiry Date: 2026-12-31
GPHC Registered Address
Ardach Health Centre, Highfield Road, BUCKIE, Banffshire, AB561JE, Scotland
Region: Scotland
What are GPhC inspection reports?
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) inspects registered pharmacies against five standards. Reports show whether the pharmacy met the standards, with improvement or enforcement action where needed. Premises ID is the same as the pharmacy's GPhC registration number.
Inspection outcome
Standards met
Last inspection
17/10/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in a health centre. It dispenses NHS prescriptions including supplying medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs. The pharmacy offers a repeat prescription collection service. It also provides substance misuse services and dispenses private prescriptions. The pharmacy team advises on minor ailments and medicines’ use. And it supplies a range of over-the-counter medicines. It offers smoking cessation.
Standards by principle
Principle 1 – Governance
Standards met
Pharmacy team members follow written processes for all services to ensure that they are safe. They are starting to record mistakes to learn from them. The pharmacy keeps all the records that it needs to by law. And it keeps people’s information safe. Pharmacy team members help to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2 – Staff
Standards met
The pharmacy has enough qualified and experienced team members to safely provide its services. Team members have access to training material to ensure that they have the skills they need. The pharmacy gives them time to do this training. Pharmacy team members make decisions and use their professional judgement to help people. Team members can share information and raise concerns to keep the pharmacy safe. They discuss incidents and learn from them to avoid the same thing happening again.
Principle 3 – Premises
Standards met
The premises are safe and clean and suitable for the pharmacy’s services. The pharmacy team members use a private room for some conversations with people. Other people cannot overhear these conversations. The pharmacy is secure when closed.
Principle 4 – Services
Standards met
The pharmacy helps people to ensure they can all use its services. The pharmacy team provides safe services. Team members give people information to help them use their medicines. They provide extra written information to people with some medicines. The pharmacy gets medicines from reliable sources and stores them properly. The pharmacy team know what to do if medicines are not fit for purpose.
Principle 5 – Equipment
Standards met
The pharmacy has the equipment it needs for the delivery of its services. The pharmacy looks after this equipment to ensure it works.
Reports & documents (newest first)
Inspection history summary
| Inspection date | Published | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/2019 | 15/12/2019 | Standards met |
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
Understanding SIMD
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) ranks 6,976 data zones from most deprived (1) to least deprived (6,976).
Key Points:
Overall Deprivation
Rank 5,324
of 6,976 data zones in Scotland
23.7%
Percentile
Moderate Deprivation
Within the 24% most deprived in Scotland
Moderate levels of deprivation with mixed socioeconomic characteristics
Quintile (5 groups)
4
of 5
Less Deprived
Within 40% least deprived
Decile (10 groups)
8
of 10
Mid-range
71-80% range
Vigintile (20 groups)
16
of 20
Mid-range
76-80% range
Deprivation by Domain
Lower ranks = higher deprivation. Ranks are relative.
Income
Rank 5,082
27th percentile
Proportion of people with low income
Employment
Rank 4,765
32nd percentile
Working-age people excluded from the labor market
Health
Rank 5,724
18th percentile
Risk of premature death and quality of life impairment
Education
Rank 4,322
38th percentile
Lack of attainment and skills in children and adults
Access to Services
Rank 4,696
33rd percentile
Physical and financial accessibility of key services
Crime
Rank 1,952
72nd percentile
Risk of personal and material victimization
Housing
Rank 5,909
15th percentile
Quality and availability of housing
Last Updated
5 August 2026
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