Hospital Pharmacy Technician Removed from Register for Dishonestly Accessing and Stealing £100,000 of High-Cost Medications
Date of Decision: July 16, 2025
Registrant's Role: Pharmacy technician
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
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Behave in a professional manner
Case Summary
Allegations
This case concerns a pharmacy technician who was found to have engaged in serious misconduct involving dishonesty and unauthorised access to hospital facilities, systems, and medications. After the termination of his employment with Barts Health NHS Trust in January 2020, the registrant re-entered the Royal London Hospital’s dispensary on at least five occasions between June and July 2020 under false pretences.
During these visits, the registrant misled staff by claiming he was collecting data for a pharmacy course. He convinced staff to allow him access to the JAC stock control system and, in one instance, used another staff member’s login to dispense medication under the guise of it being for a legitimate patient. Notably, four vials of Eculizumab (Soliris), a high-cost medication, were logged as dispensed but never reached the intended patient.
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