Davidsons ChemistGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy in the town of Lochee in the city of Dundee. Its main services include dispensing NHS prescriptions, including serial prescriptions. It provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines at the right times. The pharmacy provides a substance misuse service and medicines delivery service. Team members sell over-the-counter medicines and provide advice on minor ailments and medicines’ use.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks with its services. Pharmacy team members record and discuss dispensing mistakes and make changes to mitigate the risk of the same mistake happening again. The pharmacy keeps the records it needs to by law, and team members understand their role in helping to protect vulnerable people.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  Team members have the necessary skills and knowledge for their roles. They work well together and provide support to each other as they work. And they feel comfortable raising professional concerns, should they need to.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The pharmacy premises is clean, secure and provides a professional environment suitable for the services it provides. It had a private consultation room where people can have confidential conversations with a member of the pharmacy team.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  The pharmacy manages its services safely and effectively. And it makes them easily accessible to people. It sources its medicines from recognised suppliers and team members carry out the appropriate checks to ensure they remain fit to supply.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  The pharmacy has the appropriately maintained equipment that it needs to provide its services. And team members use the equipment properly to help protect people’s confidentiality.

Inspection history summary