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Location rules dispute continues
Health Minister and 24-hr pharmacy owner to pay $64,000 in costs over Federal Court decision – but the pharmacy could still go ahead In January this year the owner of …
GP suspended over IGF-1
A medical practitioner has been suspended for four months after she was found to have improperly prescribed peptides The GP was suspended by the State Administrative Tribunal in Western Australia …
Bad behaviour
Why do pharmacists and doctors divert or supply drugs for non-medical use? Australian researchers find out A small proportion of health practitioners contribute to the growing problem of pharmaceutical diversion …
Doctor struck off over ‘improper & unethical’ conduct
A NSW GP who sent hundreds of text messages – some explicit – to a vulnerable patient, and took another out on a date, has had his registration cancelled A …
Suspended pharmacist just kept working
A pharmacist who kept opening and operating a pharmacy alone – after he was suspended – has been fined $24,500 A NSW Court has convicted the suspended pharmacist, David Le, …
Rego barred after forging colleague’s signature on script
A former pharmacist and medical practitioner has been barred from applying for registration from his professions for 18 months and two years respectively A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard …
GP disqualified after drug, professional misconduct charges
A doctor who asked a patient to pretend to have firearms to sell to another patient has been disqualified from applying for registration for six months Western Australia’s State Administrative …
Unfair dismissal application knocked back
A pharmacist made an unfair dismissal complaint after he was fired for allegedly “sculling” leftover medicine… but he left it too late In early September 2018, the pharmacist’s employment at …
Suspended after treating family and exposing patients to potential harm
A GP has been reprimanded and his registration suspended for six months after providing medical care to close family in avoidable circumstances The Medical Board of Australia has published the …
World news wrapup: 14 March 2019
Patients suffer vision loss after receiving allegedly adulterated eye injections; Boots pharmacists vote for union representation; pharmacist facing charges after unsecured methadone stolen Dallas, Texas: A federal court has ordered …
AHPRA: We want it to be safe for people to report their concerns
The regulatory agency is midway through conducting a review on its policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding the confidentiality of notifiers In November 2018, the AJP reported the story of an Adelaide …
Fake pharmacist caught out
A man who posed as a pharmacist has pleaded guilty in court, while a suspended pharmacist has pleaded guilty for holding himself out as registered A Sydney man has pleaded guilty to …