Legal
Pharmacist fined $38,000 for practising while suspended
Falsely claiming to be registered erodes public trust in health practitioners, says Pharmacy Board A New South Wales pharmacist who continued to practise after his registration was suspended has been …
Locum admits writing false script
He claimed he was threatened by an unknown man A pharmacist reportedly wrote out a prescription for codeine after he was threatened, according to the Swindon Advertiser. Lawyers for the …
‘Gross, dangerous and reckless overprescribing.’
A GP is set to be disciplined over reckless prescribing of opioids, and inappropriately disclosing a patient’s extramarital affair A NSW tribunal has found a Central Coast GP guilty of …
‘No confidence’ in pharmacist after misconduct
A pharmacist has been struck off the register for failing to question doctors over excessive prescribing, and dispensing dangerous combinations and amounts of drugs A pharmacist proprietor from western Sydney, …
Stolen Endone leads to reprimand
Practitioner found guilty of profession misconduct for stealing restricted drugs and making fraudulent entries in medicine registers An enrolled nurse working in the emergency department of a Queensland hospital has …
Pharmacist reprimanded after arrest, conviction
A Sydney owner has been banned from working as a pharmacist in charge or sole pharmacist for two years following a criminal conviction for importing prohibited goods A tribunal has …
Doc fined $10K over patient death
A GP has been reprimanded and fined for prescribing controlled and restricted drugs to a patient who died from an overdose A general practitioner from North Lakes, Queensland has been …
Inappropriate prescribing led to ‘tragic’ outcome
A GP who mistakenly prescribed Roaccutane to a girl on a pharmacist’s advice, and whose morphine script saw a baby overdose, has been suspended A GP and medical centre owner …
Banned following assaults, drugging
A medical practitioner has been jailed and prohibited from providing health services after he indecently assaulted several patients and drugged one with temazepam Warning: This article contains information, including details …
20mg instead of 2mg of hydromorphone
A coroner has criticised the “shocking lack of attention” that led to a man receiving 10 times the prescribed amount of hydromorphone Medication errors have been highlighted in recent coroner’s …
Over 40 criminal charges for forged and stolen scripts
A health practitioner used white out to create a phony script for morphine – but a pharmacist spotted the fraud and called police A former medical radiation practitioner from Queensland …
Priceline faces ‘imminent’ class action from angry franchisees
Legal representatives say they wish to resolve the dispute at pre-trial mediation or arbitration if possible Priceline is facing a potential class action in an ongoing dispute with franchisees who …