Pharmacy technician receives GPhC warning over chemotherapy ordering dishonesty and expired stock records
Date of Decision: September 30, 2026
Registrant's Role: Pharmacy technician
Allegations:
- The registrant omitted to order a patient’s chemotherapy medication, Abraxane.
- When the medication did not arrive, the registrant told a pharmacist and nursing staff that she had ordered it before 27 February 2024, knowing that statement was untrue.
- The registrant subsequently failed to acknowledge that dishonesty on several occasions.
- Between January and June 2024, the registrant incorrectly processed expired high-cost pharmacy stock. Instead of booking it out to the EXP2 cost centre as waste, the stock was booked against named patients who had not been prescribed those medicines. The notice explains that this would allow the trust to recoup the cost from the NHS rather than bear the cost itself.
Outcome: Warning
GPhC Standards Breached:
- Standard 6 – Pharmacy professionals must behave in a professional manner.
- Standard 8 – Pharmacy professionals must speak up when they have concerns or when things go wrong.
Case Summary
Allegations
A pharmacy technician employed as an aseptic service technical manager at an NHS trust received a GPhC warning following concerns about a chemotherapy medication order and the recording of expired high-cost pharmacy stock.
The first concern involved Abraxane, identified in the notice as a patient’s chemotherapy medication. The registrant omitted to order it. When the medication did not arrive, she told the pharmacist and nursing staff that she had placed the order before 27 February 2024. The warning states that she knew this was untrue.
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