Legal
Ahpra media warning after ‘quite brazen’ offending
Ahpra has contacted media organisations urging them to check the status of anyone claiming to be a registered health practitioner The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has prosecuted Heassan Al …
Doc’s remorse over ‘terrible experience’
A Chemist Warehouse pharmacy refused to dispense on a fraudulent script presented by a doctor in his own name A doctor forged a prescription for the purpose of obtaining oxycodone …
Pharmacy warning over refrigeration
NSW Health has issued a public warning statement with regard to a cold chain breach at a North Coast pharmacy NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant wrote that she …
Pharmacy dispenses huge amount of drugs without scripts
A doctor has admitted inappropriately obtaining drugs from a pharmacy, using handwritten notes without even a patient’s name… and exporting them overseas The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW has heard …
Police act on pharmacy tip
Staff at a Chemist Warehouse told police that a nurse had presented a tramadol script stolen from a patient A nurse has faced the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal after …
Man sentenced after ‘poorly planned and unsophisticated’ fake script offences
A Canberra man has pleaded guilty to various charges after nearby pharmacies were sent an alert about his activities Ethan Mullis has faced the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital …
‘No sentence other than imprisonment is appropriate’
PBS fraudster’s barrister says a jail sentence is the only option, but stresses client’s pocketing of $5.1 million of taxpayer funds was not sophisticated Ferrari-loving pharmacist, Ben Huynh, “has lost …
Motion matters
Recent pharmacy inspections have uncovered a significant error in the way some pharmacy owners have tried to manage security The Victorian Pharmacy Authority has issued a warning from its inspectors …
‘Deliberately dishonest’: Former pharmacist fined for falsifying records
The Queensland-based former pharmacist admitted to changing records eight times for ADHD medicines, tribunal papers show A former pharmacist has been fined $5000 and reprimanded for creating false clinical records …
Charges laid over pharmacy burglary
Prescription medicines among $6,700 haul stolen during early morning pharmacy raid Police have arrested a 24-year-old man following a pre-dawn break-in at a pharmacy in Burnie, Tasmania. The man has …
Only claim for dispensed medicines: PBS
Data analysis is giving authorities a clearer picture of when pharmacies submit inappropriate claims to the PBS, as the government aims to clamp down on fraud Pharmacists are being warned …
Vit C deficiency ‘most likely underlying factor’: coroner
Multivitamin manufacturer responds to allegations its product contributed to a young child’s death The manufacturer of a multivitamin product has responded to claims by a paediatrician that its product was …