Pharmacist Suspended for Three Months Over Indemnity Insurance Failures and Dishonesty
Date of Decision: October 18, 2023
Registrant's Role: Pharmacist
Allegations:
- While working as owner and superintendent pharmacist of Elders Chemist, Dyfed, the pharmacist:
- Failed to ensure the pharmacy had appropriate indemnity insurance from April 2010 to November 2020.
- Falsely declared on multiple occasions (2009–2020) that he had professional indemnity insurance when renewing his GPhC registration.
- Provided misleading information to a GPhC inspector in December 2020, falsely stating that his indemnity insurance had only lapsed in September 2020.
- Sent an email to the GPhC in January 2021 stating that his insurance had been overlooked only since the start of the pandemic, despite knowing it had lapsed years earlier.
- Was dishonest and lacked integrity by attempting to conceal the full extent of the period without insurance.
Outcome: Suspended for three months (without review)
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Behave in a Professional Manner
- Standard 8 – Speak Up When Things Go Wrong
- Standard 9 – Demonstrate Leadership
Case Summary
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Fitness to Practise Committee investigated a pharmacist after it was discovered that his pharmacy had operated without professional indemnity insurance for over a decade.
Between April 2010 and November 2020, he:
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