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‘Skilled con-artist’ exploited pharmacists’ empathy and trust
Four pharmacists have told a Tribunal of a “sophisticated fraudster” who presented a single copied script 60 times and expertly distracted them The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has …
Eccentricity mistaken for impairment
A psychiatrist’s diagnosis of a pharmacist with an alcohol use disorder was “entirely speculative,” a Tribunal has found The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard the application of a …
‘Abuse of the regulatory regime’
A pharmacist stalked a fellow health professional and attempted to ruin his career, sending multiple messages a Tribunal described as “sickening reading” Warning: this article contains details that may distress …
Permanent prohibition
A “life coach” with a fake degree tore up a patient’s mental health plan and told them not to take their prescribed antidepressants The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has …
World news wrapup: 18 November 2021
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Fentanyl focus
A doctor who “did not understand how strong fentanyl is compared with morphine” is awaiting a Tribunal decision as to his future The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has issued …
Cartel plea from supplier
The supplier of an ingredient used in anti-spasmodic medicines has pleaded guilty to criminal cartel conduct In a statement Tuesday the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that Alkaloids of …
‘We were pharmacists, we self-medicated.’
A pharmacist has made an extraordinary claim about the drug-taking habits of pharmacists as he appeared at a Tribunal hearing The Herald Sun has reported that a Melbourne pharmacist was …
‘Blatant abuse’ of pharmacist position
A pharmacist who supplied nearly $2 million worth of medicines to criminals, and pretended to be another pharmacist when he was investigated, has been struck off the register Balkeet Singh …
Pharmacy vaccine fraud attempt
Geraldton Police say they have charged a woman over an attempted vaccine fraud at a pharmacy “Geraldton Police have charged a 34-year-old Kalbarri woman with one count of attempted fraud …
‘I just want methadone.’
A Sydney pharmacy is winding up its methadone program after a man allegedly robbed it of two litres of the drug at knifepoint It was a busy afternoon, around 3.20pm, …
Pharmacist had ‘vivid dreams’ of his mistakes
The Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a statement about a Sydney pharmacist whose “very serious” conduct saw him struck off for five years It was alleged that between January …