Date of Decision: June 17, 2025
Allegations: Prescribing outside the scope of competence (e.g., chronic pain, dental infections, anxiety)
Inadequate patient assessment, failure to obtain full medical history or refer to GP
Insufficient safeguards against medication misuse
Specific poor prescribing practices for 14 patients involving high-risk drugs (e.g., dihydrocodeine, zopiclone)
Contributing to harm in cases involving patients P and Q
Outcome: Suspension to lapse on expiry; fitness to practise no longer impaired
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Date of Decision: April 12, 2019
Allegations: Sold and supplied prescription-only medications without valid prescriptions.
Prescriptions lacked an advanced electronic signature and the address of the prescribing doctor.
Entered into an agreement to receive and supply malaria medications via email from outside the UK.
Dispensed and supplied medications from his home address rather than a registered pharmacy.
Acted dishonestly by misleading patients and associates about the origin and legality of the medicines.
Outcome: Further suspension of registration for four months, with a review before expiry.
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Date of Decision: November 5, 2019
Allegations: Dishonestly providing false information in a reference letter.
Forging a colleague's signature on the reference letter.
Wearing an ID badge stating “Locum Pharmacist” while not registered or working as such.
Misrepresenting employment status and professional title on a tenancy guarantor form.
Falsely claiming to be a medical doctor and providing misleading information to colleagues.
Submitting a timesheet for days not worked.
Outcome: Suspension extended for 6 months due to continued impairment of fitness to practise.
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Date of Decision: November 4, 2019
Allegations: Conviction for being knowingly concerned in a fraudulent activity by failing to declare cohabitation for the purpose of obtaining tax credits, contrary to section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002.
Outcome: Six-month suspension
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Date of Decision: April 16, 2019
Allegations: In or around October 2017, while working as a locum pharmacist:
The registrant touched Patient A’s breasts.
The registrant asked Patient A to remove her dress.
The registrant put his hands up Patient A’s dress.
The registrant allowed Patient A to leave the pharmacy with Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) unsupervised.
Actions at 3(a), 3(b), and/or 3(c) were alleged to be sexually motivated.
Outcome: Removal from the register
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Date of Decision: January 19, 2019
Allegations: Inappropriate physical conduct towards a junior colleague over several years (e.g., kissing neck, slapping bottom, hugging, touching legs).
Sending overfamiliar and inappropriate WhatsApp messages to the colleague.
Making inappropriate comments with sexual innuendo.
Giving numerous personal gifts to the colleague.
Failing to act on repeated requests to stop the conduct.
Attempting to manage the complaint informally rather than escalating it appropriately.
Unprofessional conduct including pulling the colleague's ponytail and inappropriate teasing.
Outcome: Six-month suspension from the register
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Date of Decision: June 12, 2025
Allegations: Inappropriate and sexually motivated conduct toward multiple female colleagues between 2018 and 2021, including:
Touching a colleague's bottom on multiple occasions during work-related events.
Making sexually explicit comments and questions regarding colleagues' sex lives and physical attributes.
Engaging in behaviour that sought sexual gratification or a sexual relationship.
Repeated unprofessional and boundary-violating remarks and actions.
Outcome: Suspension to lapse upon expiry; fitness to practise found not currently impaired.
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Date of Decision: December 4, 2019
Allegations: Theft of prescription drugs from employer pharmacy
Possession of a wide variety of prescription medications without lawful justification
Dishonesty regarding the intention and handling of stolen medications
Breach of professional standards concerning honesty and integrity
Outcome: No current impairment found; conditions on practice expired on 19 December 2019 following successful remediation and development of insight
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Date of Decision: January 7, 2019
Allegations: That the registrant’s fitness to practise was impaired due to a criminal conviction stemming from a violent incident involving serious injury to another individual outside a nightclub.
Outcome: 12-month suspension from the register
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Date of Decision: September 13, 2019
Allegations: Dishonestly sold and attempted to sell homeopathic remedies (Mandragora) with falsely claimed preparation methods.
Misled a customer by stating remedies were machine-produced using a Korsakovian method when they were not.
Sent a dishonest email attributing the false claims to a non-existent "trusted colleague."
Attempted to cover up earlier dishonesty through additional falsehoods.
Outcome: 12-month suspension
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