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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Warning Issued for Inadequate Oversight of High-Risk Online Ozempic Prescribing Service by Superintendent Pharmacist
Allegations This case concerns a superintendent pharmacist who was issued a warning by the GPhC’s Investigating Committee for serious governance failures surrounding the operation of an online prescribing service. The registrant, who is the Director and Superintendent of My London Pharmacy, initiated the service through the domain mylondonpharmacy.com around June 2022. The key allegation centred […]
14 October 2025
Pharmacist Issued Warning Over Improper Mezolar Claims for Discontinued Medication
Allegations The case revolved around the registrant, a superintendent pharmacist, who submitted false claims for Mezolar—a Schedule 2 controlled drug—between April 2017 and December 2018. The medication had been discontinued for the patient, his mother, in April 2017 following a switch to Butec patches. Despite this, prescriptions containing Mezolar continued to be received and submitted […]
Pharmacist Suspended After Failing to Comply with Conditions Over Controlled Drugs and Dispensing Errors
Allegations The registrant, a pharmacist, faced a review hearing following serious professional failings identified during a previous principal hearing held in 2018. The original allegations related to a range of misconduct spanning approximately six months, from August 2016 to February 2017. These included multiple dispensing errors, breaches of Controlled Drugs (CDs) legislation, and poor record-keeping. […]
10 October 2025
Pharmacist Suspended After Conviction for Falsely Accusing Stranger to Dodge Speeding Fines
Allegations This case concerns a conviction unrelated to direct pharmacy practice but which significantly questioned the registrant’s personal integrity—an essential attribute for pharmacists. On 30 December 2022, the registrant was convicted at Bradford Crown Court for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The conviction stemmed from two speeding offences on 11 April 2020, when […]
7 October 2025
Pharmacy Technician Consumed 56 Codeine Tablets Daily at Work – GPhC Lifts Suspension After Evidence of Rehabilitation
Allegations In a deeply concerning case for the pharmacy profession, a pharmacy technician was found to have dishonestly removed and consumed large quantities of medications—namely codeine, a controlled drug, and Orlistat, a prescription-only medicine—while at work. The misconduct occurred over several weeks between June and October 2016. The registrant had no valid prescriptions for either […]
4 October 2025
Pharmacist Cleared to Return to Practice After Public Indecency Caution and Regulatory Breach
Allegations The pharmacist in this case was the subject of a Fitness to Practise investigation after accepting a conditional police caution for a serious act of public indecency. The caution arose from an incident in which the registrant was observed by a member of the public, Witness A, in a supermarket car park, with his […]
2 October 2025
NI Pharmacist Suspension Replaced with Conditions After POMs Theft
Allegations The case involves a pharmacist with 24 years of unblemished service who, while employed as a Pharmacist Manager at Gordon Chemists in Belfast, engaged in a pattern of serious misconduct over a span of several months from October 2023 to February 2024. The allegations include multiple incidents of dishonesty and breaches of professional and […]
1 October 2025
Pharmacy Technician Removed from Register Following Conviction for Online Sexual Communication with a Minor
Allegations This case involved a pharmacy technician convicted of a serious criminal offence—attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, a violation of section 15A(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The registrant was engaged in online conversations with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. These communications were sexually explicit and included […]
30 September 2025
Pharmacist Removed from Register After Sexual Assault Conviction and Failure to Notify GPhC
Allegations In a deeply concerning case for the pharmacy profession, the registrant, a pharmacist with several years of experience, faced a Fitness to Practise Committee hearing on serious charges involving criminal behaviour and regulatory non-compliance. The allegations centred around a conviction for sexual assault and subsequent failures to comply with mandatory notification requirements set out […]
29 September 2025
Emergency Contraception Refusal Due to Religious Beliefs Leads to Warning for Lloydspharmacy Locum Pharmacist
Allegations The case revolved around an incident on 24 July 2022, when the registrant, working as a locum Responsible Pharmacist at a Lloyds Pharmacy situated within a supermarket, refused to supply emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), also known as the “morning after pill”, to a patient. The refusal was explicitly based on the registrant’s personal religious […]
26 September 2025