fitness to practise

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Legal,

Six-month suspension for pharmacist after stalking conviction

Prison pharmacist suspended after convicted of stalking junior colleague

15 Jul 2025

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Regulations,

‘Unsustainable’: GPhC to seek additional help with record-high complaints

GPhC getting 'wholly disproportionate' volume of complaints from the public

11 Jul 2025

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Regulations,

New guidance as GPhC to make ‘hearing-free’ FtP decisions

'Super regulator' publishes guidance for GPhC

07 Jul 2025

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Regulations,

Suspension for pharmacist who accessed colleague’s private records

Pharmacist claims he wanted to find 'improve working relationship' with 'closed book' colleague.

02 Jun 2025

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Regulations,

GP pharmacist ‘manipulated system’ to prescribe tramadol for partner

County Down pharmacist suspended after 'dishonestly' arranging tramadol prescriptions for family

27 May 2025

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Regulations,

Superintendent given formal warning over work with third-party prescribers

Superintendent pharmacist read the rap sheet over historic work with online prescribers

08 May 2025

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Regulations,

Minister warned of pharmacy regulator’s ‘poor performance’ by watchdog

Health minister told of 'considerable concern' regarding regulator's performance

08 Apr 2025

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Regulations,

GPhC warns pharmacist over ‘unsolicited’ message to patient on social media

Joshua Dylan Mistry allegedly obtained a patient’s contact details from their medical records before sending the message while working at Popsons Chemist in Daventry.

05 Mar 2025

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Regulations,

‘Target focused’ pharmacist suspended for high-risk beta blocker prescribing

Suspension order for pharmacist who based prescribing decisions on web questionnaires

12 Feb 2025

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People,

Pharmacist convicted of sexually assaulting woman and put on sex offenders register

Tauqeer Azam, 41, was found guilty of conducting an inappropriate examination of a 19-year-old woman in a pharmacy in June 2023.

21 Jan 2025

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People,

Pharmacy technician who created false Covid vaccine record avoids removal from register

Holly DeSouza, who worked at Wicker Pharmacy, misled her colleague into giving her their login details for the pharmacy’s patient system.

06 Jan 2025

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Legal,

Judge orders ‘incompetent’ GPhC to reopen export fraud allegations

Regulator to pay pharmacist’s legal costs as it is told to revisit allegations against him.

27 Nov 2024

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Regulations,

Jhoots pharmacist struck off for CD irregularities and methadone errors

'Young and junior' pharmacist struck off for 'dishonest' behaviour

06 Nov 2024

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Regulations,

Superintendent suspended after builders dump patient data in recycling centre

Three-month suspension order for superintendent after pharmacy waste found at recycling centre.

15 Aug 2024

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Regulations,

‘Dishonest’ online pharmacist who issued prescriptions in under a minute struck off

Online pharmacist struck off after 'mean' ex-employers 'swanned off to Dubai'.

31 Jul 2024

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People,

Pharmacist struck off for touching patient sexually without consent

The GPhC's fitness-to-practise committee found Sajjaad Patel touched a patient’s breasts, pubic area, clitoris and bum without consent.

16 Jul 2024

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