Date of Decision: August 28, 2025
Allegations: Prescribed over 3,000 high-risk prescriptions through online pharmacies without proper clinical assessments.
Relied solely on online questionnaires without face-to-face or virtual consultations.
Failed to access GP or specialist records, compromising patient safety.
Issued prescriptions for controlled drugs (e.g., opioids, z-drugs) inappropriately and without due consideration of dependence or misuse.
Approved repeat prescriptions for patients with signs of drug-seeking behaviour.
Failed to refer patients to their GPs or implement safety netting.
Demonstrated a transactional approach to prescribing rather than one based on clinical need or UK prescribing guidance.
Outcome: Four-month suspension with a review; immediate interim suspension ordered.
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Date of Decision: August 27, 2025
Allegations: Failure to implement up-to-date SOPs on high-risk opioid medicines.
Inappropriate ordering of large quantities of Codeine Linctus and Phenergan Elixir.
Lack of systems to monitor and audit ordering, sale, and supply of high-risk medicines.
Specific large orders of Codeine Phosphate and Co-codamol without proper oversight.
Outcome: Conditions imposed for 6 months
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Date of Decision: August 26, 2025
Allegations: Accessing patient medical records of two individuals who were also colleagues at the medical practice pharmacy
Sharing this confidential information with two different colleagues
Doing so without clinical justification or consent
Outcome: Warning issued by the GPhC Investigating Committee, to remain on the public register for 12 months
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Date of Decision: August 28, 2025
Allegations: Failure to maintain the Pharmacy Record at Earlswood Pharmacy under the Medicines Act 1968 and Responsible Pharmacist Regulations.
Absence of appropriate and accessible Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Lack of verifiable audit trails for delivery of medicinal products.
Inadequate maintenance of Controlled Drug (CD) registers.
Failure to conduct periodic stock audits of controlled drugs.
Absence of a reliable near miss/error recording system.
Inadequate record-keeping of extemporaneously prepared unlicensed medicines.
Outcome: Warning
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Date of Decision: August 26, 2025
Allegations: Failure to maintain a controlled drugs (CD) register while dispensing Schedule 2 controlled drugs.
Failure to manage and assess risks associated with controlled drug handling as Superintendent Pharmacist.
Breach of statutory responsibilities under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
Outcome: Warning issued and published on the GPhC register for 12 months.
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Date of Decision: May 16, 2024
Allegations: Abuse of position as Responsible Pharmacist to unlawfully obtain controlled drugs (Diazepam)
Theft of over-the-counter toiletries from pharmacy
Criminal convictions for theft and unlawful possession of controlled drugs
Previous regulatory warning for similar misconduct in 2015
Outcome: Conditions imposed for 18 months following suspension
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Date of Decision: August 28, 2024
Allegations: Failed to ensure the pharmacy was organised to comply with standards for unlicensed medicine preparation.
Allowed unlicensed medicine “The Tonic” to be manufactured and supplied with inadequate manufacturing records (1,511 bottles supplied, only 120 records).
Allowed unlicensed products (“Nappy Ointment”, “Hack Cream”, “Japanese 35% Peppermint Oil Cream”) to be made and sold without any manufacturing records.
Failed to ensure SOP for “The Tonic” was adhered to.
Failed to have SOPs for other unlicensed medicines listed above.
Outcome: Undertakings accepted in lieu of sanction, including voluntary removal from the register and commitment not to engage in pharmacy or healthcare services.
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Date of Decision: May 15, 2025
Allegations: Issued and dispensed prescriptions for controlled drug (Tramadol/Maxitram) without clinical justification
Prescribed medications to individuals with whom she had close personal relationships
Manipulated GP clinical systems, including issuing and cancelling prescriptions
Used login credentials of other staff members to conceal actions
Deleted or altered patient records to hide unauthorised prescribing
Acted dishonestly and without integrity over a 2½ year period
Outcome: 9-month suspension from the register
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Date of Decision: August 20, 2025
Allegations: On 9 September 2021, while working at Monkseaton Medical Centre:
Touched crotch against a colleague’s shoulder
Grabbed colleague’s crotch, placing hand on his penis and rubbing it
Simultaneously grabbed or squeezed his own crotch
Made the remark, “You're not going to tell anyone are you?”
The conduct was alleged and found to be sexually motivated
Outcome: Removal from the Register (with immediate interim suspension)
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Date of Decision: August 20, 2025
Allegations: Dispensed generic versions of POMs where branded items were prescribed without a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP).
Dispensed medication of a different strength than prescribed.
Labelled medication to reflect what was dispensed rather than what was prescribed.
Allegation of dishonesty in relation to the above actions (not proved).
Outcome: Warning
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