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‘Men in the community need to control their anger’
A magistrate has told one man that however he may feel about perceived shortcomings in a pharmacy’s medicinal cannabis system, he has to keep a leash on his temper The …
Pharmacist made 101 fraudulent claims
A pharmacist uploaded another woman’s nude images without consent, defrauded back-to-work payment schemes and was caught with drug-manufacturing equipment The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that a pharmacist …
Pharmacist’s ‘serious, flagrant, deliberate, repeated’ behaviour earns reprimand
A Melbourne pharmacist has come out of the ‘rabbit hole’ of Covid conspiracy theories, she has told a tribunal The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the pharmacist …
Pharmacist tips off police over fake scripts
A celebrity stylist has been charged with producing fake prescriptions to obtain stimulant drugs, after a pharmacist became suspicious Mainstream media have reported on the arrest and court appearance of …
Human error, alarm fatigue contributed to insulin death
Multiple factors including use of EMRs found in coroner’s case involving a medication administration error that led to a woman’s death A coroner has called for changes to an electronic …
‘He was concerned that his patients would think he was unwell’
The fear of a pharmacist calling out his name in-store was a factor in a psychiatrist’s self-prescribing under another name, a tribunal has heard The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Dog bites man, man sentenced
A Pimpama man has been sentenced for a pharmacy robbery which saw him chased down and caught by a police dog In December 2024, Barclay Christopher McIver smashed the front …
AFP blocks listing of pharmacist’s home
Court moves to stop listing of seven-bedroom house owned by the wife of a pharmacist accused of defrauding the PBS Real estate agents, McGrath West, have delisted the Dural home …
Green firearm used in string of pharmacy robberies
A man’s appeal against his conviction for a series of pharmacy robberies has been knocked back The Supreme Court of South Australia has heard that the man was found guilty …
Woman banned from every Chemist Warehouse
A Darwin woman has been told that if she enters any Chemist Warehouse outlet, she will be sent to prison The Northern Territory News has reported on the case of …
‘We believed his expression of remorse and insight was genuine’
A pharmacist’s registration has been reinstated with conditions, after he supplied opioids and benzodiazepines to people he said had threatened him and his family In December 2023, the NSW Civil …
‘I don’t think any pharmacist has experienced that’
A pharmacy owner has described the moment when a car crashed into his storefront with someone inside “pretty much dying” – and how he responded Ahmed Ibrahim is reminding fellow …