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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GPhC Allows Two Pharmacists to Return to Practice After Dishonest RP Records and Unsafe Pharmacy Operations
Allegations This case concerned two pharmacists who owned and directed a community pharmacy in Halifax. One also held the superintendent pharmacist role. A staff member raised concerns with the GPhC, prompting an inspector to make a test purchase on 29 March 2023. A member of the pharmacy team sold the inspector co-codamol, a pharmacy-only medicine, […]
25 September 2026
IP pharmacist suspended for unsafe online prescribing of more than 31,000 prescriptions
Allegations This case concerned serious and sustained failures in remote prescribing by an experienced pharmacist independent prescriber working for an online pharmacy. Over approximately two years and five months, the registrant prescribed or approved around 31,859 prescriptions, including a substantial number involving medicines associated with dependence, misuse, significant clinical risk or a requirement for ongoing […]
24 September 2026
Online Pharmacy Prescribing Failures and Inadequate Clinical Safeguards Lead to 12-Month Conditions of Practice
Allegations This GPhC Fitness to Practise case provides a significant case study for pharmacists involved in online pharmacy, prescribing governance, superintendent responsibilities and the dispensing of medicines following remote prescribing. The case arose from the registrant’s involvement as Superintendent Pharmacist and/or Responsible Pharmacist of an online pharmacy. The underlying allegations were unusually extensive and concerned […]
23 September 2026
GPhC Warning After Repeated Controlled Drug Management Failures and Dispensing from an Expired Prescription
Allegations This case concerned the management of controlled drugs and the wider responsibilities attached to the roles of Responsible Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager. The registrant was described as a regular Responsible Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager at a branch of Well Pharmacy between August 2024 and February 2025. During that period, audits identified recurring problems with […]
21 September 2026
GPhC Warning for Superintendent Pharmacist After Controlled Drug Destruction and CD Register Failures
Allegations This case concerned a pharmacist holding the significant governance position of Superintendent Pharmacist. The registrant had occupied that role from 22 May 2024 and therefore carried responsibility for overseeing the operation of the pharmacy and ensuring that its activities complied with applicable legal and professional standards. A particular aspect of that responsibility concerned controlled […]
20 September 2026
Pharmacist restored to PSNI register with conditions 11 years after being struck off for controlled drug supply misconduct
Allegations This case concerned an application by a pharmacist to return to the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland Register approximately eleven years after being removed following serious professional misconduct. The misconduct arose from the supply of Dalmane to an elderly and vulnerable patient over a period of approximately five years. The determination describes Dalmane as […]
19 September 2026
Pharmacist Suspended for Drunken Public Masturbation on Air India Flight and Dishonest GPhC Declarations
Allegations This case concerned a pharmacist whose fitness to practise proceedings arose from a criminal conviction following an incident on an international flight and, importantly from a professional-regulatory perspective, subsequent failures to disclose that conviction to the General Pharmaceutical Council. On 4 March 2023, the registrant was travelling from Ahmedabad in India to London Heathrow […]
18 September 2026
GPhC Warning for Locum Pharmacist After Dishonest Theft and Concealment of Food and Drinks During Boots Shift
Allegations This case concerned a pharmacist working as a locum and acting as the Responsible Pharmacist at a Boots pharmacy in Worthing on 31 December 2023. The registrant had been booked to work from 10:00 to 16:00 on a Sunday. The shift had been booked on a “no break” basis because the pharmacy was intended […]
17 September 2026
Pharmacist Suspended for Attending Boots Locum Work Intoxicated and Drink-Driving Conviction
Allegations This GPhC Fitness to Practise case concerned two alcohol-related matters separated by approximately two years, with the later incident occurring while the registrant was practising as a locum pharmacist and Responsible Pharmacist. The first matter was a criminal conviction arising from a drink-driving incident on 23 July 2022. The registrant was subsequently convicted at […]
15 September 2026
Pharmacy Technician’s Suspension Ends After Dishonest Non-Disclosure of Police Investigation and Conviction
Allegations This case concerned a registered pharmacy technician whose conduct came under scrutiny not because of a dispensing error, medicines-management incident or direct patient-safety event, but because of their dealings with their professional regulator. The central issue was honesty and transparency with the General Pharmaceutical Council. On 19 May 2023, while applying to return to […]
13 September 2026