Legal
Melbourne’s pharmacy perfume heist
Instead of targeting drugs or cash, two Melbourne offenders have allegedly swiped around $25,000 worth of perfume from a pharmacy “We’ve got a witness appeal following a pharmacy burglary that …
‘I was just painted as a criminal’: CWH profiling incident slammed
What was meant to be a celebratory mother-daughter shopping spree ended in tears and embarrassment for a high-achieving school student – and a call for a reconciliation plan at Chemist …
‘There seems to be an increasing amount of violence’
Adelaide pharmacists are being warned to watch out for suspicious activity, as a man allegedly robs two shops of opioids South Australia Police have issued a statement regarding a robbery …
‘How much and when do u need it by?’
A pharmacist has had his registration cancelled after he offered to supply illicit drugs, S8s and S4s to his associates The Pharmacy Board of Australia has issued a statement about …
‘Understandably shaken’
A young male armed with a pair of scissors has allegedly tried to rob a pharmacy, after assaulting a bus driver Tasmania Police say that a youth is in custody …
Five-year ban for taking exploitative photos
A doctor and qualified pharmacist has been banned from providing any health service after his “disgraceful and contemptible” conduct The practitioner had been registered as a pharmacist between 2008 and …
Boy’s methadone death was in ‘high-risk’ circumstances
A pharmacist who dispensed methadone to parents of a boy who died from ingesting the drug has suggested a “better system” for informing employee pharmacists, especially when owners are absent …
‘Too much trust and confidence’ in doctors next door
A pharmacist, who was filling up to 350 scripts a shift alone, has told a tribunal how he was not always able to exercise his independent clinical judgment adequately when …
Tribunal notes ‘demonstrated willingness to seek help’
A pharmacist spotted forged scripts for alprazolam and lorazepam, written by a registered nurse A Victorian nurse has been reprimanded and his registration suspended after he stole blank scripts from …
Viagra ‘shopping list’ written on script, man claimed
Pharmacy staff noted discrepancies in handwriting on a script for Viagra and antibiotics, a magistrate’s court has heard Damien Andrew Popp has appeared in the Toowoomba magistrate’s court, where he …
‘You will pay for it in a major and punishing way’
A doctor sent “abusive, insulting and threatening” comments to a pharmacist—and allegedly told the store’s owners to sack him and pay the doctor $10,000 A doctor’s attempt to have an …
Improper claiming
Reprimand of NSW approved pharmacist follows probe by the Pharmaceutical Services Federal Committee of Inquiry The minister for health and aged care has reprimanded NSW approved pharmacist, Aged Health Care …