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‘Almost no independent clinical reasoning on the part of any pharmacists.’
Two pharmacists have had their registration cancelled after failing to notice or intervene in widespread inappropriate dispensing at their store The pair were the co-owners of a southern Sydney pharmacy, …
World news wrapup: 28 January 2022
Pharmacist brothers offer “Jabs with kebabs;” Irish pharmacy calls anti-vax stunt “quite sad;” pharmacist sentenced over fraud Cork, Ireland: Sunday World has reported that a group of anti-vaxxers descended on …
Pharmacist ‘lacked the strength of personality to challenge the status quo’
An “inappropriate GP” next door, and an owner with a “dominant personality that meant the pharmacy operated as a virtual dictatorship”, were factors in a pharmacist’s professional misconduct A pharmacist …
World news wrapup: 20 January 2022
Crime focus in the UK; anti-masker attacks Irish pharmacy assistant; US pharmacist fired over allegedly squirting vaccines in trash and falsifying vaccine cards UK: An investigation by UK pharmacy publication …
‘Audacious, brazen, dishonest and unlawful.’
A doctor has been disqualified from applying for registration for four years after he asked his patients to fill codeine scripts for him and paid them for the medication The …
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 …
Jail the only option for ice-making pharmacist
A pharmacist has been jailed for three months for manufacturing ice – but was immediately bailed so she can appeal her sentence The Herald Sun has reported on the case …
‘Pain guru’ fake script spotted at pharmacy
A sharp-eyed pharmacist raised the alarm about a script for controlled drugs which had been forged by a former nurse The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard the case …
33,250 misappropriated alprazolam tablets
The Board was notified about a pharmacist who misappropriated “vast amounts of alprazolam” by his pharmacist co-workers The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that between 2014 and 2017, the …
Appeal over consult room assault rejected
A pharmacist’s sentence for sexual assault was manifestly inadequate, prosecutors claimed – but their appeal has been knocked back Warning: this article contains details that may distress some readers In …
$3m fines over oxygen therapy
A court has ordered a company to pay a $2 million fine, and its director to pay another million, over the advertising of medical devices to treat diseases including dementia, …
‘I want all your benzo.’
A pharmacy owner has been significantly impacted by a robbery and now has trouble working at night, a court has heard Michael Davidson has appeared before the Southport District Court …