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Forgeries earn three-month suspension
A WA pharmacist has been reprimanded after she faked CPD certificates in order to claim travel expenses “A great deal of stress” influenced a pharmacist to fake CPD accreditation, the …
Council notification warning
Pharmacists must know and act on their responsibilities when they acquire an interest in a pharmacy business, one stakeholder has warned The Pharmacy Council of NSW has reminded members of …
Receptionist claimed $178k in Medicare payments
A Cairns woman has been convicted and sentenced after submitting 355 false Medicare claims She fronted the Cairns District Court last week, where she pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming more …
Crime roundup: knife robbery, banned thief returns
Police have released security footage of a daylight knife robbery at a Gold Coast pharmacy this week Gold Coast police are investigating the armed robbery of a pharmacy at Carrara …
World news wrapup: 18 August 2022
Fancy a $100k signing bonus? Walgreens to appeal opioid crisis ruling; pharmacist solves child’s monster problem United States: The pharmacist shortage has led Walgreens to try and tempt pharmacists to …
Pharmacist ghosts supervisor, Council
A NZ pharmacist has had his registration cancelled after he repeatedly failed to adhere to conditions placed on his registration Pharmacy Today reports that the pharmacist appeared before the Health …
Rego restriction warning
Health practitioners must beware of urgent ‘public interest’ restrictions that can be placed on their registrations, write Andrew Lambros and Maurice Hannan, of Bennett & Philp Lawyers Health practitioners need …
‘I chose to look the other way.’
Three pharmacists have had their registrations cancelled after supplying prescription drugs to a health food store, for patients they never saw Three pharmacists – two of them brothers – have …
$2 million theft from WA pharmacy
A pharmacist husband and wife were working more than 100 hours a week… so they trusted a family friend to keep their pharmacy’s accounts WA Today has reported on the …
Oxycodone case showcases pharmacist role in spotting unlawful prescribing
A sharp-eyed pharmacist identified a falsified script presented to her by a doctor, and his brief pattern of self-prescribing was revealed The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement …
Intern’s ‘tragic’ pain history before S8 thefts
A Tribunal has examined whether a former intern’s impairment constituted “a fundamental deficiency of character and integrity so serious to warrant his removal from the profession” A former pharmacy intern …
Patients distressed by string of dispensing errors
A pharmacist claimed she was copying colleagues when she dispensed drugs for self-administration without a script An inexperienced pharmacist was working “extremely long” hours without sufficient support when she made …