Fitness-to-practise news
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Fitness to practise Noor Mohammed Zafar Shaikh, registration number 2059250, has been struck off the pharmacy register after refusing to pay back £26,000 in wages he wrongly received from the Co-operative Pharmacy, and "dishonestly" poaching patients while working at a separate business. |
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Pharmacist Jyoti Patel, registration number 2039062, has been struck off the register by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) after "systematically overcharging" Asda for locum work and... |
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Pharmacist David James Murty, registration number 2017878, has been suspended from the register for three months by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) after making dispensing errors,... |
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European Commission plans to tackle counterfeit medicines must not saddle community pharmacists with unnecessary bureaucracy, Pharmacy Voice has warned. Pharmacy Voice has urged the commission... |
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Brendan Ambrose Glackin, registration number 2055187, has been suspended from the register for a year by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) after "regularly" using cocaine and intending to... |
 Fitness to practise Boots has defended its decision to refer a store manager - who falsified positive customer feedback for his branch in 2010 - to the General Pharmaceutical Council. |
 Pharmacist Bolade Oluwadare Onilari, registration number 2067110, has been suspended for four months by the GPhC after falsifying customer feedback for his Boots branch in Radford, Coventry |
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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has proposed giving guidance on what sanctions to apply in "particular classes" of fitness-to-practise cases. GPhC chief executive Duncan Rudkin said... |
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The pharmacy regulator is to meet today (April 12) to decide whether to cut pre-registration entry and examination fees and to discuss its fitness-to-practise processes. The General... |
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Pharmacist Roshan Lal, registration number 2023572, has been suspended from the register for 12 months after committing two sexual assaults that left victims "terrified" and "shocked". Mr Lal... |
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Pharmacists should install CCTV in their consultation rooms to protect themselves against false sexual harassment claims, law firm Charles Russell has advised. False accusations have seen... |
 Fitness to practice Narinderpal Bal, registration number 2039226, has been suspended from the register for two months after pursuing a "campaign of harassment" against a pharmacy company director |
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Fitness to practice Pharmacist Emil Vanev Ivanov, registration number 2069542, has been sanctioned by the pharmacy regulator after committing an "alarming number" of dispensing errors during his employment at the Hull Royal Infirmary. |
 Regulation The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is seeking views on the principles underpinning its planned revalidation policy, which will require pharmacists to demonstrate their fitness to practise on an ongoing basis. |
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Practice In Depth
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New fitness to practise legislation fails to look after the interests of pharmacists, argues David Reissner |
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