Date of Decision: July 24, 2025
Allegations: Falsifying Responsible Pharmacist (RP) log entries to reflect the presence of a pharmacist who was not present.
Operating a pharmacy without a Responsible Pharmacist on-site in contravention of regulations.
Dishonesty in misrepresenting RP presence in official records.
Breaching regulatory requirements by maintaining inaccurate RP logs.
Outcome: Suspension for 5 months
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Date of Decision: July 22, 2025
Allegations: Dishonestly overstating company turnover to obtain a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan that the company was not entitled to
Outcome: Warning issued
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Date of Decision: July 22, 2025
Allegations: Conviction for failing to provide a breath specimen without reasonable excuse when suspected of driving under the influence
Failure to declare the conviction to the GPhC within the required 7-day period
Outcome: Warning issued to remain on the register for 12 months
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Date of Decision: July 16, 2025
Allegations: Attended Trust premises and accessed the dispensary under false pretences on multiple occasions post-employment.
Persuaded staff of legitimate presence and accessed computer systems without authorisation.
Dispensed medication while logged in under another staff member's account.
Accessed confidential patient information without authorisation.
Removed high-value medications from Trust premises without authorisation.
Acted dishonestly by lying to staff and knowingly removing unauthorised drugs.
Outcome: Removal from the register
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Date of Decision: April 11, 2019
Allegations: Misconduct involving violent behavior during a road rage incident.
Criminal conviction for a public order offence.
Failure to report the conviction to the General Pharmaceutical Council within the mandatory timeframe.
Outcome: Warning issued
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Date of Decision: March 19, 2019
Allegations: Failed to report the accidental destruction of a box of 60 x 5mg Morphine Sulphate Tablets (MST) to the Superintendent Pharmacist.
Failed to enter the receipt of a replacement box of MST into the controlled drug register.
Engaged in dishonest conduct to conceal the destruction and create a false appearance of register accuracy.
Made dishonest statements in July and August 2017 denying responsibility for the destruction and ordering of MST.
Attempted to shift blame onto colleagues by suggesting they might have destroyed the MST.
Outcome: 3-month suspension from the register
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Date of Decision: July 17, 2025
Allegations: Dispensing medicines from unregulated online prescribing services (UK Meds and Gender GP).
Failure to ensure clinical appropriateness and patient monitoring.
Lack of due diligence and risk assessments in working with third-party prescribing services.
Failure to obtain sufficient information from prescribers or patients' GPs.
Inadequate communication and coordination with patients' primary care providers.
Outcome: Warning issued, to be published on the GPhC register for 12 months.
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Date of Decision: January 30, 2019
Allegations: Inappropriate supply of codeine linctus between January 2012 and May 2018.
Supplied for unlicensed purposes.
Supplied to patients in managed addiction programmes without consulting their prescriber.
Failed to consider:
Volume and frequency of purchases.
Misuse or addiction potential.
Possible codeine dependency.
Adverse health and wellbeing effects.
Outcome: 12-month suspension from the Register
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Date of Decision: July 16, 2025
Allegations: Fell asleep in the dispensary on the morning of 2 July 2022 while acting as Responsible Pharmacist.
Fell asleep in the consultation room on the afternoon of 2 July 2022, leaving the pharmacy unattended and open to the public for over 20 minutes.
Accessed Patient A's address between 2 July 2022 and 31 January 2023 and noted it outside clinical records.
Attended Patient A’s home on 31 January 2023 and attempted to dissuade her from engaging with a GPhC investigation.
Conduct in attending Patient A’s home with intent to dissuade her from cooperation with GPhC investigation demonstrated a lack of integrity.
Outcome: Suspension – one month
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Date of Decision: June 14, 2019
Allegations: One registrant plagiarised coursework from another pharmacist during a Postgraduate Diploma course.
The second registrant provided his coursework, knowing there was a risk it would be misused.
Both pharmacists gave dishonest accounts to the university during its academic misconduct investigation.
Outcome: The pharmacist who committed plagiarism received a formal warning. The pharmacist who provided the plagiarised material faced no further action.
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