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‘Extraordinary pressure’ led intern to fraud, forgery
Overwhelmed with administrative tasks, an intern found her workplace “suffocating and undoubtedly stressful” and was desperate to get a different job… so she faked her practice hours to get away …
‘Inexcusable:’ vax syringe barrels allegedly re-used
A pharmacist has been fired and conditions placed on his registration after he allegedly re-used syringe barrels when vaccinating patients, who were potentially exposed to blood-borne illness The College of …
Suspended after vaccine ‘poison’ comments
A health professional has been reprimanded after he took part in a YouTube video called “Nazi vaccine regime in Australia” The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard the case …
Nearly one million dollars in fraud
A pharmacist has admitted he re-labelled generic drugs as name brand medications and then sold them as if they were the more expensive drugs A US pharmacist has pleaded guilty …
GP who attacked pharmacist receives ‘longest ever ban’
A doctor jailed over the attempted murder of a pharmacist, who had notified Ahpra about his improper prescribing practices, has been slapped with an effective lifetime ban A South Australian …
Pharmacist’s behaviour ‘denounced in the strongest of terms’
No conditions it could impose could mitigate the risk to the public posed by a NSW pharmacist if he repeated his misconduct, a Tribunal has decided A pharmacist has been …
Forged scripts dispensed at nurse’s own hospital pharmacy
A nurse’s attempt to misappropriate oxycodone was foiled by a patient who wanted to see her medication before discharge A nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct and found …
‘Contumelious disregard’ for obligations
A pharmacist has been banned from working in any health service after he dispensed medicines to employees and repeatedly supplied off-label drugs A pharmacist has had his registration cancelled and …
“It cannot be divorced from the professional context.”
A health practitioner argued that his sexual assault of a friend fell under the category of personal rather than professional misconduct The Medical Board of Australia has issued a statement …
$18k bill for regulator’s costs
An unemployed pharmacist has said his pharmacies “deteriorated into unviable businesses” while his registration was suspended, hoping to pay reduced legal costs The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW has made …
‘No point’ in more conditions on pharmacist’s cancelled rego
A pharmacist’s complete failure to engage with the regulatory process after the consequences of a labelling error has led to the cancellation of her registration A Melbourne pharmacist has been …