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Pharmacy Analytics
Full Address
1 HIGH STREET, BUCKIE, MORAY, AB561AL
Contact Information
Telephone
01542 831116Contractor/Dispenser Details
Dispenser Name
RIGHT MEDICINE PHARMACY LTD
GPHC Registration Details
Pharmacy Registration Number
1041918
Trading Name
Right Medicine Pharmacy
Owner Name
Right Medicine Pharmacy LimitedPremises Type
Community
Status
Registered
Registration Dates
Initial Registration: 1988-05-01
Renewal Date: 2026-10-31
Expiry Date: 2026-12-31
GPHC Registered Address
1 High Street, BUCKIE, Banffshire, AB561AL, 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
30/09/2020
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy on the high street of the town of Buckie. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and sells a range of over‐the‐counter medicines. It also supplies medicines in multi‐compartment compliance packs and provides substance misuse services. This pharmacy was inspected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Standards by principle
Principle 1 – Governance
Standards met
The pharmacy team members follow written processes for all services to ensure that they provide them safely. The pharmacy makes suitable changes to help reduce the risks to people during the pandemic. They record mistakes to learn from them and make changes to reduce the chances of the same mistakes happening again. The pharmacy keeps all the records that it needs to by law and keeps people’s private information safe. Team members know how to help to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2 – Staff
Standards met
The pharmacy has enough qualified team members to provide safe services. They make decisions within their competence to help people. The pharmacy provides time and support during the working week for team members to complete accredited training. But it does not always set aside time for team members to continue their learning so they may find it difficult to keep their knowledge up to date. Team members know how to raise concerns if they have any.
Principle 3 – Premises
Standards met
The premises are safe and clean, and suitable for the pharmacy’s services. Team members deal promptly with maintenance issues. The pharmacy has suitable facilities for people to have conversations with team members in private. The pharmacy is secure when closed.
Principle 4 – Services
Standards met
The pharmacy helps people to ensure they can easily use its services. It provides safe services. Team members give people information to help them use their medicines safely. And they provide extra written information to people taking higher‐risk medicines. The pharmacy gets medicines from reliable sources and stores them properly. The team knows 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. And it looks after the equipment to ensure it works.
Reports & documents (newest first)
Plans agreed with the pharmacy to address areas where standards were not met.
Inspection history summary
| Inspection date | Published | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2020 | 23/11/2020 | Standards met |
| 03/09/2019 | 04/11/2019 | Standards not all 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 3,181
of 6,976 data zones in Scotland
54.4%
Percentile
Moderate Deprivation
Within the 46% least deprived in Scotland
Moderate levels of deprivation with mixed socioeconomic characteristics
Quintile (5 groups)
3
of 5
Moderately Deprived
41-60% range
Decile (10 groups)
5
of 10
Mid-range
41-50% range
Vigintile (20 groups)
10
of 20
Mid-range
46-50% range
Deprivation by Domain
Lower ranks = higher deprivation. Ranks are relative.
Income
Rank 2,956
58th percentile
Proportion of people with low income
Employment
Rank 2,395
66th percentile
Working-age people excluded from the labor market
Health
Rank 4,079
42nd percentile
Risk of premature death and quality of life impairment
Education
Rank 4,116
41st percentile
Lack of attainment and skills in children and adults
Access to Services
Rank 5,912
15th percentile
Physical and financial accessibility of key services
Crime
Rank 908
87th percentile
Risk of personal and material victimization
Housing
Rank 3,915
44th percentile
Quality and availability of housing
Last Updated
11 August 2026
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