Chi Hang Lee, registration number 2070150, was issued a 12-month warning by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) for breaching patient confidentiality and altering patient medical records (PMRs) to include false information.
At hearings between July 6 and 9, the GPhC’s fitness-to-practise committee heard that Lee “removed, amended or created patient PMRs on 12 occasions” to “incorrectly” suggest that the patients concerned “had received their medication from a particular pharmacy when this was not accurate”.
According to the hearing document, the GPhC said the pharmacist “acted with a lack of integrity” and had placed their “own commercial interests above patients’ interests”.
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The committee acknowledged that Lee had “remediated” their misconduct and does “not pose an ongoing risk to the public”.
But it found by their own admissions that their actions represented “a serious failure to meet the standards for pharmacy professionals”.
Lee’s conduct was “unacceptable” and “brought the profession of pharmacy into disrepute”, it added.
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The GPhC said a warning was necessary to remind Lee and other pharmacy professionals of meeting the standards required “at all times”.
“Failing to do so may negatively affect the reputation of pharmacy professionals,” it added.
The regulator stressed that Lee’s behaviour “must not be repeated” and that Lee must ensure they “prioritise patients’ interests at all times”.
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And it warned the pharmacist to “consider carefully the risks and consequences of any actions you take relating to prescriptions, patient data, confidentiality and consent” to ensure the “safe and effective provision of pharmacy services”.
The warning will be published on the register and available for 12 months.
Read the determination in full here.
