Legal
CWH bullying claim dismissed
Hearing finds no evidence of bullying by management or co-workers The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a Chemist Warehouse employees application to stop bullying in their workplace. The application was …
‘Weak’ case against vax dismissal: Commission
Pharmacy staff member who lost job after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine has unfair dismissal application dismissed The naturopath was employed by a Western Australian pharmacy when public health …
Conduct continued until detected by pharmacists
A dentist has been suspended for writing scripts for Endone using the names of colleagues and family members, after pharmacists questioned the legitimacy of the scripts The NSW dentist expressed …
Pharmacist ‘given every chance’ to address concerns: Council
A suspended NSW proprietor embroiled in multiple breaches involving S8s, an alert from the Australian Border Force and allegations of record tampering, has had her appeal rejected A pharmacist proprietor …
Pharmacist fights suspension in court
A proprietor disciplined for improper dispensing has been granted a stay and seen her appeal expedited after alleging her two-year suspension was ‘manifestly excessive’ The 45-year-old pharmacist from Western Australia …
Indirect dispensing model under fire
A NSW pharmacist owner has fronted a tribunal over “extreme concerns” related to his involvement with compounding and dispensing for online platforms, and other complaints A Sydney proprietor of multiple …
‘Trusted’ pharmacist takes flight after guilty verdict
A pharmacist convicted of 70 counts of illegally dispensing and distributing “copious quantities” of opioid pills from his pharmacy attempted to flee after hearing the verdict A 71-year-old pharmacist from …
Crime roundup
A pharmacist is facing a charge of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and a related drink driving offence The regional NSW pharmacist has had five conditions placed on …
Stalker pharmacist said victim should be beheaded
A pharmacist took to religious penance after he stalked and threatened a man – and quit his job because he does not want a COVID vaccine The Herald Sun has …
‘Duped by a manipulative patient.’
A pharmacist failed in her “gatekeeper” role when she repeatedly dispensed drugs in a quantity which would have killed the patient if he had taken them all, a Tribunal says …
Suspended over misconduct
A pharmacist proprietor suspended for more than two years for improper dispensing of multiple scripts is the second to be linked to two prescribers—who have also been disciplined A 45-year-old …
‘Incredible oversupply’ of codeine
A former pharmacy owner is awaiting a Tribunal decision on penalties after it heard her patient was receiving the highest amount of codeine in Victoria The Herald Sun reports that …