Superintendent pharmacist Dustin Ki Lok Chu, registration number 2216569, has been given a warning for “removing cash” from the pharmacy till where he worked, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revealed.
The investigating committee found that he stole “around £3,000” from the pharmacy and that his actions were “pre-meditated” and “dishonest”, the determination document from last week (January 8) said.
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The regulator warned Chu that his actions were “an abuse of his position of trust and clearly improper”.
And it reminded him that he must adhere to GPhC standards, both by using his “professional judgement” and behaving in a “professional manner”.
Dishonest
While working as a superintendent pharmacist at a “retail pharmacy in West Wickham”, Chu “removed cash from the pharmacy till, to the value of around £3,000”, the GPhC said.
“The methods he employed in his pre-meditated actions were designed to minimise the possibility of his conduct being discovered,” it found.
The regulator stressed that he “was not entitled” to take the money, adding that his “dishonest behaviour” – which “he has admitted in this case” – “risks undermining public confidence in the profession”.
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The committee urged that Chu “must ensure there is no repetition of such conduct”, noting that “any similar conduct will be likely to result in further regulatory intervention”.
It concluded that the “appropriate” outcome is a warning to be published on the register and available for 12 months.
Read the determination in full here.
