Fort Augustus PharmacyGPhC

Pharmacy context

This is a community pharmacy located inside a service station, in the village of Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire. Its main services include dispensing NHS prescriptions and selling over-the-counter medicines. The pharmacy provides medicines in multi-compartment compliance packs to help people take their medicines at the right times. And it supplies medicines to people living in care homes.

Standards by principle

• Principle 1 – Governance

  Standards met

  The pharmacy suitably identifies and manages the risks with its services. And team members follow written safe working practices. They learn from dispensing mistakes and make changes to improve the safety of services. The pharmacy keeps the records they need to by law. Team members understand their role in helping to protect vulnerable people. And their role in protecting people’s confidentiality.

• Principle 2 – Staff

  Standards met

  Pharmacy team members have the necessary skills and qualifications to safely provide the pharmacy’s services. They provide support to each other as they work. And they feel comfortable raising concerns should they need to.

• Principle 3 – Premises

  Standards met

  The pharmacy premises are suitable for the services it provides. They are clean, secure and provide a professional image. And the pharmacy has a suitable space where people can have private conversations with a member of the pharmacy team.

• Principle 4 – Services

  Standards met

  Pharmacy team members manage and provide the services safely and effectively. And it makes them easily accessible to people. The pharmacy sources its medicines from recognised suppliers. And team members carry out checks to ensure they keep medicines in good condition.

• Principle 5 – Equipment

  Standards met

  Pharmacy team members have access to the appropriate equipment that is fit for use. And generally, they use the equipment appropriately to protect people’s confidential information.

Inspection history summary