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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NI Pharmacist Issued Warning After Self-Supplying IVF Medicines Without Valid Prescriptions and Failing to Maintain Records
Allegations This case concerned a registered pharmacist employed as a pharmacy manager at a community pharmacy in Northern Ireland. The matter arose following a whistleblower complaint and an internal investigation by her employer, which ultimately led to her dismissal. Between August 2017 and February 2018, the registrant ordered and supplied prescription only medicines (POMs) to […]
15 February 2026
NI Pharmacist Suspended for Dishonest Falsification of 109 Prescriptions to Obtain Medicines for Wholesale Profit
Allegations This case concerned a community pharmacist who admitted to dishonestly falsifying a substantial number of prescriptions over a period of approximately four and a half months. Between August/September 2011 and January 2012, the registrant created false prescriptions in order to obtain medicines from two suppliers—Eli Lilly and Company and Healthcare at Home—for resale through […]
14 February 2026
NI Pharmacist Suspended for 12 Months After Supplying Paroxetine Without Prescription and Inappropriate Concurrent Antidepressant Dispensing via MDS
Allegations This case concerned serious and prolonged failures in the dispensing and supply of prescription-only medicines (POMs) within a community pharmacy setting. The registrant, a pharmacist and pharmacy owner, was found to have supplied Paroxetine—a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)—to Patient B without a valid prescription over a period of approximately 10 months. Paroxetine is […]
13 February 2026
Pharmacist Issued Warning After Plagiarism and Dishonesty Findings in CPPE Primary Care Training Case
This case concerned a pharmacist who faced allegations of plagiarism and dishonesty whilst undertaking the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) delivered by CPPE. The Fitness to Practise Committee ultimately found misconduct and impairment in the wider public interest, imposing a Warning. The determination followed a lengthy hearing process between August 2025 and February 2026 […]
12 February 2026
Pharmacist Suspended for Unsafe eBay and Amazon Sales and High-Risk Overseas Prescribing Partnership
Allegations This case concerned serious governance and patient safety failings arising from the registrant’s expansion into online pharmacy services between 2021 and 2022 . The registrant was the Superintendent Pharmacist, Responsible Pharmacist, and director of a community “bricks and mortar” pharmacy. In early 2021, the pharmacy began selling pharmacy-only (P) medicines via eBay and Amazon. […]
11 February 2026
Hospital Pharmacist Struck Off After Convictions for Harassing 10 Female Colleagues at Work
Allegations This case concerned extremely serious misconduct by the registrant, a pharmacist working in a hospital setting, who was convicted of ten offences of harassment involving ten different colleagues. The conduct took place during the course of his professional duties and involved the covert taking of photographs of female colleagues without their consent. The photographs […]
10 February 2026
Online Saxenda Prescribing Failures Led to Suspension — How a Superintendent Pharmacist Rebuilt Fitness to Practise
Allegations This case centred on the registrant’s prescribing of Saxenda (liraglutide), a prescription-only GLP-1 analogue indicated for weight management under strict clinical criteria. Over several years, the registrant prescribed and supplied Saxenda through a combination of in-pharmacy and online models while acting as both an independent prescriber and Superintendent Pharmacist. The GPhC alleged that the […]
Pharmacist Struck Off After Unsafe Remote Prescribing of High-Risk Medicines
Allegations This case concerned the registrant’s extensive involvement in remote and online prescribing over several years, primarily through two online pharmacy providers. The scale of activity was striking. While working for one provider, the registrant prescribed or approved approximately 76,000 prescriptions over a three-year period, including more than 16,000 high-risk medicines or medicines requiring ongoing […]
7 February 2026
NI Pharmacist Suspended for Practising Whilst Registration Elapsed
Allegations This case arose after the registrant failed to pay the annual personal retention fee due on 1 June 2009, resulting in removal from the register on 2 September 2009 following statutory notification. Despite this, the registrant continued to work in a pharmacy on multiple occasions over a period of more than two months. The […]
6 February 2026
NI Superintendent Pharmacist Issued Warning After Serious Failures in Extemporaneous Compounding Governance
AllegationsThis case concerned the registrant’s role as Superintendent Pharmacist of a company operating two community pharmacies in Belfast. During inspections by the Medicines Regulatory Group (MRG) in late 2019 and early 2020, serious concerns were identified in relation to the extemporaneous preparation of unlicensed medicines, particularly teething powders and colic mixtures intended for infants and […]
5 February 2026