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World news wrapup: 7 November 2019
Pharmacist sentenced over huge pain cream fraud; mail order pharmacy sued over patient death in landmark case; economic evidence for “hub and spoke” queried Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A pharmacist has been …
Banned therapist had ‘grossly inadequate’ training
An “over-confident” unregistered health practitioner has been banned from providing dry needling services after his treatment caused a woman’s lung to collapse The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has advised …
Pharmacist manager sold S4D drugs from his car boot
A pharmacist has had his registration cancelled after he sold S4 and S4D drugs in Sydney’s Star Casino car park for little more than wholesale price The pharmacist, who had …
World news wrapup: 31 October 2019
Former pharmacist jailed for filming colleagues in bathroom; NZ pharmacists to be paid to deliver MMR; Mississippi county to be left without a pharmacy New Zealand: Minister of Health Julie …
Keeping practitioners ‘safe from physical harm’
Recommendations on safeguarding the confidentiality of notifiers are imminent from the review conducted in the wake of the attempted murder of a pharmacist A final report on safeguarding the confidentiality …
‘Egregious’ breach of legislation
A GP has been suspended for prescribing alprazolam, codeine, oxycodone and fentanyl without the proper authority A general practitioner from western Sydney has been reprimanded and suspended for six months …
World news wrapup: 24 October 2019
Pharmacist jailed for overcharging NHS; pharmacist jailed for role in fentanyl ring; new pharmacists outraged at response to exam cheating South Wales, UK: A pharmacist has been jailed for 16 …
‘Serious departure of professional standards.’
A health practitioner has been reprimanded and fired from her job after slapping an ICU patient in the face A Queensland doctor with 35 years’ experience under her belt has …
Prescribing without proper authority
A doctor has narrowly escaped deregistration after continuing to prescribe Endone to a patient for nearly three years, despite having his authority application rejected A Sydney GP and former practice …
‘It is clear that self-reporting is not working.’
A NSW MP has called for real time public reporting about professional misconduct, after a pharmacist’s registration was cancelled for bashing three people The pharmacist owns two pharmacies which solely …
Legal roundup: Theft, forgery and supplying meth
Three health professionals have been found guilty of professional misconduct in separate cases related to drugs, including use of false prescriptions Two nurses and a doctor, all from Queensland, have …
Struck off for at least 20 years
A Sydney GP who was found guilty of murdering his wife, using insulin meant for another patient, has been deregistered On 8 December 2016, former doctor Brian Kenneth Crickitt was …