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Pharmacist ‘found himself’ assaulting patient
A Sydney pharmacist has been handed a two-year jail sentence after he sexually assaulted a teenager Warning: this article contains details that may distress some readers Hany Ibrahim, who was …
Unregistered woman wrote scripts, did skin checks
Deception of pharmacists was highlighted in a case where a GP held out a staff member as a registered doctor when she was not The Medical Board of Australia has …
‘I should have been more vigilant.’
A pharmacist’s record-keeping came under scrutiny due to an investigation into a colleague who allegedly diverted nearly 11,000 oxycodone tablets A man with 40 years’ experience as a pharmacist has …
‘I am ashamed of my actions.’
A health practitioner who inappropriately accessed electronic health records 154 times has been struck off after a colleague tipped off authorities An enrolled nurse has been struck off the register …
Reprimand after patient’s ‘catastrophic outcome’
A doctor has been fined $30,000 but avoided suspension after he made serious errors diagnosing a patient, and she later died The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Medical …
Under fire
Pharmacist proprietor alleges bullying after complaints of inappropriate compounding and contravening pecuniary interest laws The former proprietor of a large compounding pharmacy, which dispensed prescriptions to patients throughout Australia, will …
Pharmacist fined $38,000 for practising while suspended
Falsely claiming to be registered erodes public trust in health practitioners, says Pharmacy Board A New South Wales pharmacist who continued to practise after his registration was suspended has been …
Locum admits writing false script
He claimed he was threatened by an unknown man A pharmacist reportedly wrote out a prescription for codeine after he was threatened, according to the Swindon Advertiser. Lawyers for the …
World news wrapup: 22 April 2021
Felt art pharmacy so convincing that patients try to buy medicines; overwhelming response to fundraiser in the name of pharmacist who died of COVID-19; Dublin court “at a loss” over …
Consent key in chemo case
The days of doctors deciding what patients should know or consent to are “long gone,” a tribunal has noted in imposing protective orders on a former pharmacist A former pharmacist …
‘Gross, dangerous and reckless overprescribing.’
A GP is set to be disciplined over reckless prescribing of opioids, and inappropriately disclosing a patient’s extramarital affair A NSW tribunal has found a Central Coast GP guilty of …
Crime roundup
Man sentenced for offences, including threatening a pharmacist, needed help with his medicines The ABC reports that John Saether went to a Rosetta pharmacy in April 2020 and said he …