Legal
Nurse arrested over data breach
NSW Health employee facing charges of allegedly accessing and downloading patient data without authorisation Cybercrime detectives are investigating a 59-year-old nurse working in the Northern Sydney Local Health District over …
Pharmacy warned not to dispense on doctor’s scripts
A tribunal has chosen not to cancel the registration of a doctor with a long history of self-prescribing, who also diverted scripts he wrote in former patients’ names A doctor …
Doctor claims ‘malicious agenda’ over pandemic conduct
Ahpra confiscated an ivermectin script from a pharmacy in a case where a doctor’s prescribing during the Covid pandemic came under scrutiny The doctor’s registration to practise medicine was suspended …
Cops strip pharmacy shelves
Police have swooped on a regional NSW pharmacy, seizing items from its storage area According to the Illawarra Mercury, police executed a search warrant on a South Coast pharmacy on …
Fake scripts appear on patient’s My Health Record
A pharmacist’s registration has been suspended after she self-dispensed medicines including diazepam, codeine, tramadol and zolpidem The pharmacist, who was practising in a suburban Perth pharmacy, appeared before Western Australia’s …
Illicit vapes seized in Darwin raid
Multi-agency operation lands $750,000 haul of illegal vaping and tobacco products Authorities have seized more than 6,000 illicit vaping products, 350,000 cigarettes and 280 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco, from three …
Unwanted medicines ‘reclaimed’ by pharmacist
A Queensland pharmacist was found in possession of 59 packets of medicines which had been surrendered by patients for destruction The pharmacist has appeared before the Queensland Civil and Administrative …
‘I’m not a criminal’
A woman has accused a police prosecutor of lying about her actions in a pharmacy, after verbally abusing staff Tina Roma O’Shannessy has appeared in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court, where …
TGA hits pharmacy with $99k in fines
Pharmacy fined over alleged unlawful importation of unapproved melatonin products The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued five infringement notices totalling $99,000 to Acacia Pharmacy Pty Ltd in relation to …
Ahpra’s first ACT criminal prosecution
Ahpra has reminded health workers that it aims to prosecute those holding themselves out as registered health professionals when they are not A woman who falsely claimed to be a …
Demountable pharmacy posed community safety risk: court
A pop-up pharmacy has been ordered to close and dismantle its infrastructure, with a court hearing its generator was inundated with rainwater and it was unlikely to have reticulated electricity …
Doctor’s ‘grossly irresponsible prescribing’ link to deaths
A coroner has determined that five pharmacists who dispensed methadone and other drugs to four patients who died should not be criticised However the prescribing doctor’s conduct was “grossly outside …