Legal
Decision delivered on IT entitlements dispute
Fred IT wins PharmX/Corum appeal after multi-year legal battle relating to entitlements Pharmacy technology company Fred IT has won its appeal against PharmX, which means it will need be repaid …
‘It’s not just one packet of jelly beans’
A staff member’s drinking at the pharmacy where she worked led to the discovery of nearly $3,000 in fraudulent refunds The Border Mail reports that when the pharmacy worker went …
Pharmacist’s ‘brazen’ $2m PBS fraud
A pharmacist blamed his false declaration partly on being “distracted” by his looming five-year jail term for making nearly $2 million worth of fake PBS claims The Queensland Civil and …
Doc leaves methadone patients at risk
A pharmacist was one of three people who made a notification about a doctor who has now had his registration cancelled The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement …
Pharmacist spots nurse’s forgery
“If it were not for the careful scrutiny a pharmacist applied to one of the scripts, the offending might well have continued,” a tribunal has said A nurse who wanted “a …
Disqualified pharmacist got private scripts from overseas Mum
A pharmacist had consumed a cocktail of drugs, including tramadol and methadone, when police caught him in a McDonalds drive-through At a hearing before the Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW, …
Paint scraper robber jailed
Police have had to wade into the sea to catch a man who robbed a pharmacy armed with a paint scraper News Media reports that Riley Jack McLarnon has fronted …
‘In hindsight they should have ceased the professional relationship’
A pharmacist who developed a personal relationship with a patient was included in their will…and received a caution The Pharmacy Board has published a new case study about a pharmacist …
Qld lawyer receives 252 oxycontin scripts…in less than five months
A lawyer went to a Queensland pharmacy and told the pharmacist he had a note for her to read: a threat that he had a knife and acid, and wanted …
‘These powers will only be used in exceptional circumstances’
Unregistered practitioners—including suspended practitioners—can be prevented from treating patients under a suite of new Ahpra powers These new powers enable the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and National Boards to …
Teen robs pharmacies wielding hammer, box cutter
A boy who robbed two pharmacies in two days has escaped conviction The Supreme Court of Tasmania has heard the case of a 15-year-old boy identified only as HJR, who …
‘Endone meant to b destructed but I took it’
A pharmacist was leasing a home from his country town employer – and what they found there when he went on holidays sparked an investigation into the store’s stock The …