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Dog bites man, man sentenced
A Pimpama man has been sentenced for a pharmacy robbery which saw him chased down and caught by a police dog In December 2024, Barclay Christopher McIver smashed the front …
AFP blocks listing of pharmacist’s home
Court moves to stop listing of seven-bedroom house owned by the wife of a pharmacist accused of defrauding the PBS Real estate agents, McGrath West, have delisted the Dural home …
Green firearm used in string of pharmacy robberies
A man’s appeal against his conviction for a series of pharmacy robberies has been knocked back The Supreme Court of South Australia has heard that the man was found guilty …
Woman banned from every Chemist Warehouse
A Darwin woman has been told that if she enters any Chemist Warehouse outlet, she will be sent to prison The Northern Territory News has reported on the case of …
‘We believed his expression of remorse and insight was genuine’
A pharmacist’s registration has been reinstated with conditions, after he supplied opioids and benzodiazepines to people he said had threatened him and his family In December 2023, the NSW Civil …
‘I don’t think any pharmacist has experienced that’
A pharmacy owner has described the moment when a car crashed into his storefront with someone inside “pretty much dying” – and how he responded Ahmed Ibrahim is reminding fellow …
‘I don’t know what to say any more… He won’t accept no’
A pharmacist’s behaviour towards five colleagues was described as “creepy” and invasive of privacy and personal space… and he used a pharmacy kiosk to pretend to be another patient A …
Does a CPD plan have to be written?
A pharmacist’s registration has been cancelled after he lied about his recency of practice in order to get into pharmacy ownership The case also raised the issue of whether a …
Indirect supply of medicinal cannabis under scrutiny
Recent panel hearings have investigated allegations that pharmacy licensees “failed to meet their responsibilities” Eight panel hearings in February and March investigated allegations against pharmacist licensees for “serious potential breaches” …
‘Deliberate disregard’ for professional standards
A pharmacist dispensed inappropriately to a patient who was receiving huge amounts of Stilnox from multiple prescribers – as well as benzodiazepines The pharmacist, who had practised for more than …
‘Vigilant’ pharmacist spots doc’s self-prescription
A doctor self-prescribed pain medicines on forged scripts after an accident – but had stolen the prescription pad months before, “just in case” he needed it, he said In June …