Legal
Doxylamine implicated in overdose
More time needed to judge effect of Melbourne’s medically supervised injecting room following a man’s overdose late last year: Coroner A 35-year old man died in Melbourne in November 2018 …
$18.7m PBS fraud case leads to loss
A property that was purchased by a pharmacist’s family member with proceeds of alleged PBS fraud has been seized by the Australian Federal Police In 2017 the Australian Federal Police …
Doctor struck off over assault
A leading doctor who was jailed for drugging and assaulting a junior colleague has had his registration cancelled The doctor, 67, who was a professor and a director of his …
‘Gross abuse’ of position
A doctor found guilty of indecently assaulting a female patient, and who prescribed the patient quantities of S8s knowing she was drug dependent, has been struck off A 62-year-old GP …
Pharmacy collects thousands of signatures to stay open
A 24-hour pharmacy under threat over a legal dispute with a competitor is petitioning the community for support In January this year the Federal Court ruled that the Minister for …
‘Not a fit and proper person’
A doctor who improperly supplied cephalexin to two different girlfriends to treat their UTIs, and engaged in sexual activity during hospital shifts, has had his bid for reinstatement denied A …
An ‘unusual’ case
A man has died by overdose in a GP surgery after taking drugs alongside the GP’s daughter – who also worked at the practice A 43-year-old man from Adelaide has …
Appeal upheld
A Sydney pharmacist who was jailed for illegally supplying thousands of Gardasil vaccines to Hong Kong will serve the rest of her sentence through community service Sydney pharmacist Kathy Gong …
Crime or competition?
In the next instalment of the Guild-Ramsay legal saga, the two sides have battled it out over pharmacy ownership and business competition in the courtroom The Pharmacy Guild of Australia …
Failure to maintain standards
A slew of pharmacy owners has been cautioned, including over poor S8 records, open medicines baskets, and insufficient pharmacist staff to meet dispensing workload In March 2019 there were five panel …
Unreasonable behaviour
A pharmacist who levelled allegations of bullying at his managers has been criticised by the Fair Work Commission for his own treatment of an intern A NSW pharmacist recently brought …
Struck off over opioid dependency
A pharmacist has had his registration cancelled after stealing nearly 1000 oxycodone tablets and using them while at work A NSW man who was employed as a pharmacy manager at …
