Fitness to Practise Cases
This archive contains General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Fitness to Practise (FtP) case summaries, detailing regulatory decisions affecting pharmacy professionals in the UK.
Each case provides insight into professional misconduct, errors, and ethical breaches that led to sanctions such as suspension, removal, or warnings. These summaries are valuable for:
- Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians – to understand common regulatory pitfalls.
- Employers & HR Teams – to learn about professional accountability and compliance.
- Pharmacy Students – to prepare for real-world ethical challenges in pharmacy practice.
Why it matters:
The decisions in these cases shape the legal and ethical landscape of pharmacy practice. Staying informed can help pharmacy professionals avoid similar mistakes and maintain high professional standards.
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Pharmacy Technician Conditions Expire after Fabricating Covid-19 Vaccination Records
Allegations This case centers around a pharmacy technician who, in early March 2022, accessed a pharmacy’s Covid-19 vaccination system under false pretenses and created fraudulent vaccination records for her then-boyfriend and his brother. Although she had already left her position at Wicker Pharmacy in Sheffield, the registrant requested login credentials from a former colleague by […]
16 December 2025
NI Pharmacist Receives Sanction After Criminal Controlled Drug Handling and Registration Lapse
Allegations The case concerned a pharmacist who served as the superintendent of Torrent Pharmacy in Donaghmore, Northern Ireland. Allegations spanned several serious breaches, most significantly relating to the mismanagement of controlled drugs (CDs) and providing pharmaceutical services while not being a registered pharmacist. The inspection by the Medicines Regulatory Group (MRG) on 1st September 2023 […]
13 December 2025
Plagiarism in Foundation Training: NI Pharmacist Dishonesty After Submitting a Copied Care Plan
This case concerns a pharmacist (referred to here as “the registrant”) who admitted dishonest plagiarism in the context of a professional development programme portfolio—specifically, the NICPLD Foundation Programme for Pharmacists. Although the underlying incident involved an educational submission rather than a dispensing or clinical error, the Statutory Committee treated it as a serious integrity matter […]
12 December 2025
NI GP Pharmacist Sanctioned for Deficient Clinical Practice and Unsafe Anticoagulant Monitoring
Allegations The case against the registrant, a pharmacist with an independent prescribing annotation, centered on serious allegations of deficient professional performance during employment with the East Antrim Federation of Family Practices between January 2019 and November 2020. The allegations included a litany of clinical and procedural failures that compromised patient safety and professional standards. Chief […]
Boots Pharmacist given GPhC Warning after Diazepam Theft
Allegations The case involves a pharmacist who was employed at a Boots Pharmacy at the time of the incident. On or around 10 July 2024, she removed eight tablets of 5mg diazepam—a controlled drug—from the pharmacy without authorisation or a valid prescription. Diazepam, a benzodiazepine with potential for dependence and abuse, is tightly regulated and […]
11 December 2025
Pharmacist Suspended for Issuing False Covid-19 Test Certificates and Dishonest Practices in Private Testing Services
Allegations This case revolves around serious misconduct by a pharmacist who offered private Covid-19 testing services without proper accreditation, accountability, or transparency. The allegations stemmed from an inspection and subsequent investigation revealing systematic failings in how these services were delivered, documented, and charged. The registrant: Findings The panel at the principal hearing found these allegations […]
9 December 2025
Pharmacist Cleared to Return After Prolonged Suspension for Dishonesty and Forged Prescriptions
Allegations This case revolves around serious misconduct by the registrant, a pharmacist, whose dishonest practices included document forgery, submission of falsified prescriptions, and deception towards regulatory and healthcare bodies. Over a span of two years, the registrant was involved in multiple unethical practices across different pharmacy businesses, including Pharmacy Bond and Mojji LS Ltd. Key […]
8 December 2025
Online Pharmacy Failings Lead to Pharmacist’s Suspension Over Unsafe Prescribing Practices
Allegations This case centres on a pharmacist who was the Superintendent Pharmacist (SI) and at times the Responsible Pharmacist (RP) of Instant E-Care Ltd, an online pharmacy operating from 2015 to 2021. The registrant oversaw a remote prescribing service that fundamentally failed to meet safety, clinical, and regulatory standards. Allegations include allowing repeated, unmonitored prescriptions […]
7 December 2025
Pharmacist Issued Warning After Dispensing Buprenorphine Instead of Emergency Contraceptive
Allegations This case revolves around a serious dispensing error made by the registrant, a Responsible Pharmacist, on 7 December 2024. The pharmacist erroneously provided Espranor (a buprenorphine formulation), a Schedule 3 Controlled Drug used in the management of opioid dependence, to a patient who had been prescribed EllaOne, an emergency contraceptive. Notably, these two medications […]
5 December 2025
Pharmacist Suspended After Sexually Inappropriate Conduct Towards Colleague During Locum Shift
Allegations This case involves a pharmacist who, while acting as the Responsible Pharmacist during a locum shift on 16 April 2016, engaged in inappropriate and sexually motivated behaviour towards a female colleague (Colleague A). According to witness statements from both Colleague A and Colleague B, the pharmacist was seen repeatedly touching his genital area over […]
4 December 2025