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Full Address
157 DUFF STREET, MACDUFF, ABERDEENSHIRE, AB441PS
Contact Information
Telephone
01261 832219Contractor/Dispenser Details
Dispenser Name
FORSYTH CRAIG LTD
GPHC Registration Details
Pharmacy Registration Number
1106305
Trading Name
Macduff Pharmacy
Owner Name
Forsyth Craig LtdPremises Type
Community
Status
Registered
Registration Dates
Initial Registration: 2011-02-15
Renewal Date: 2026-12-14
Expiry Date: 2027-02-14
GPHC Registered Address
157 Duff Street, MACDUFF, Banffshire, AB441PS, 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
04/09/2019
Pharmacy context
This is a community pharmacy in a residential area. The pharmacy dispenses NHS prescriptions and sells a range of over-the-counter medicines. It also supplies medicines in multi-compartmental compliance packs and provides substance misuse services. It offers extra services including travel vaccination and seasonal flu vaccination.
Standards by principle
Principle 1 – Governance
Standards met
The pharmacy team members follow written processes for all services to ensure that they are safe. They record mistakes to learn from them. They review these and make changes to avoid the same mistakes happening again. The pharmacy keeps all the records that it needs to by law and keeps people's information safe. Team members help to protect vulnerable people.
Principle 2 – Staff
Standards met
The pharmacy has enough qualified and experienced staff to safely provide services. The pharmacy compares staff numbers and qualifications to how busy the pharmacy is. And then makes changes when required. This ensures skilled and qualified staff provide pharmacy 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. They discuss incidents. And they 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. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 04/09/2019 | 19/10/2019 | 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 2,949
of 6,976 data zones in Scotland
57.7%
Percentile
Moderate Deprivation
Within the 43% 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)
9
of 20
Mid-range
41-45% range
Deprivation by Domain
Lower ranks = higher deprivation. Ranks are relative.
Income
Rank 2,870
59th percentile
Proportion of people with low income
Employment
Rank 2,431
65th percentile
Working-age people excluded from the labor market
Health
Rank 3,075
56th percentile
Risk of premature death and quality of life impairment
Education
Rank 3,282
53rd percentile
Lack of attainment and skills in children and adults
Access to Services
Rank 6,269
10th percentile
Physical and financial accessibility of key services
Crime
Rank 1,367
80th percentile
Risk of personal and material victimization
Housing
Rank 1,950
72nd percentile
Quality and availability of housing
Last Updated
12 June 2026
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