Pharmacist’s Application for Restoration Denied Due to Dishonesty in Fitness to Practise Declarations
Date of Decision: February 2, 2021
Registrant's Role: Pharmacist
Allegations:
- The pharmacist was removed from the GPhC register on 16 June 2015 due to dishonesty in fitness to practise declarations.
- When applying for directorship of a new pharmacy company in 2014, he:
- Falsely answered “no” to questions about past criminal convictions and fitness to practise investigations.
- Failed to disclose that he had two criminal convictions under the Medicines Act (for improper dispensing and sale of prescription-only medicines).
- Withheld information about past regulatory investigations, including five prior fitness to practise investigations, three reprimands, and one warning.
- Had previously been reprimanded in 2007 for failing to disclose criminal convictions when applying for NHS contracts.
- The 2015 committee found his actions were deliberately dishonest and incompatible with registration.
- In June 2020, the pharmacist applied for restoration to the register, arguing that he had developed insight and remorse over the past five years.
Outcome: The application for restoration was refused
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Behave in a Professional Manner
- Standard 9 – Demonstrate Leadership
Case Summary
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Fitness to Practise Committee reviewed an application for restoration submitted by a pharmacist who had been removed from the register in 2015 due to dishonesty.
The pharmacist had been struck off following a fitness to practise hearing in June 2015, which found that:
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