Pharmacist’s Application for Restoration to GPhC Register Rejected Due to Persistent Dishonesty Concerns
Date of Decision: January 25, 2021
Registrant's Role: Pharmacist
Allegations:
- The pharmacist was removed from the GPhC register on 27 May 2014 following findings of:
- Multiple serious dispensing errors between April 2012 and November 2012, including:
- Supplying Clonazepam instead of Dexamethasone.
- Dispensing incorrect inhalers to two different patients.
- Incorrectly labelling and relabelling prescriptions, leading to confusion.
- Three counts of fraud by abuse of position, including:
- Falsely stamping and submitting NHS prescriptions for payment, fraudulently claiming they had been dispensed.
- Altering prescriptions to increase drug quantities for higher reimbursement.
- Changing patients’ exemption statuses to claim refunds fraudulently.
- The fraud totalled £32,000, which he repaid.
- He was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment, later reduced to a suspended sentence.
Outcome: Application for restoration was rejected
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Behave in a Professional Manner
- Standard 9 – Demonstrate Leadership
Case Summary
A pharmacist’s application for restoration to the GPhC register was rejected after the Fitness to Practise Committee determined that he had not demonstrated sufficient insight or remediation regarding his past misconduct.
The pharmacist had previously been removed from the register in 2014 following:
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