Pre-Application Consultation for New Pharmacy in Countesswells, Aberdeen

NHS Grampian and JMF Healthcare Ltd are conducting a consultation on a proposal to open a new pharmacy in Countesswells. JMF Healthcare Ltd currently operate four pharmacies in the Northeast.

Under the regulations, health boards must carry out a joint public consultation with any community pharmacist proposing to open a new pharmacy intending to provide NHS pharmaceutical services to the public.

The joint pre-application consultation runs from 2nd October 2025 to 21st February 2026. More details can be found at Proposed application for a New Pharmacy at Countesswells, Aberdeen.

To complete the consultation questions visit https://rebrand.ly/873at9q

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A pharmacy can be opened by anybody, anywhere in Scotland. However, if someone wishes to provide NHS pharmaceutical services to the public, they can only do so with collaboration and permission of the relevant NHS Board. To do this the NHS Board and the applicant must now carry out a joint pre-application consultation with the public in the area of the proposed new pharmacy, before submitting an application to the relevant NHS Board.

Following the completion of the joint pre-application consultation, the Board and the applicant must agree upon and produce a consultation analysis report. The report must detail the level of support of residents in the neighbourhood to which the application relates.

Ref: The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014.