Priyesh Dilip Mistry, registration number 2082075, was warned by the GPhC for treating colleagues “in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner” and making comments that were “entirely inappropriate in the workplace”.
In a hearing last week (October 22), the GPhC’s investigating committee heard that Mistry had made “unprofessional statements indicating both political views and using violent terms” and comments that referenced “hugging, touching or sexual behaviour”.
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According to the hearing document, Mistry behaved in such a way that “one colleague ‘dreaded going to work’ and felt demeaned by him”.
The GPhC also found that Mistry had failed to “return a patient’s prescription to the NHS spine when asked to do so”, made medication dispensing errors and “failed to communicate” with the patient concerned “in a professional manner”.
The incidents took place in June and July 2024, while Mistry was working as a locum pharmacist at retail pharmacies in Bristol, it said.
“Serious”
The regulator stressed that Mistry’s behaviour was “serious” and had the potential to both “cause patient harm” and “undermine the trust of both the public and colleagues in the profession”.
He had breached several of the GPhC’s standards for pharmacists, including delivering “person-centred care” and behaving “in a professional manner”, it added.
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But the committee concluded that a warning was needed to remind Mistry of “the need to abide by all GPhC standards”.
This particularly includes “the importance of him treating both those with whom he works and patients with respect” and “having regard to how others may perceive his actions and what he says”, it said.
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It added that any repetition of similar behaviour is “likely to result in further regulatory intervention”.
The warning will be published on the register and available for 12 months, the GPhC said.
Read the determination in full here.
If you’ve been affected by sexual harassment in the workplace, reach out to NAWP , Pharmacist Support or PASS in Northern Ireland for help. Find free materials to raise awareness of a zero tolerance of abuse policies in pharmacies here.
