Legal
Pharmacy panel ‘extremely disappointed’
What not to do: Three pharmacy owners have been reprimanded and two cautioned in recent panel hearings into their pharmacy practice In the first quarter of 2018 alone, the Victorian …
Pharmacist caught stealing cash and medicines from employer
The Perth pharmacist, who covered up his theft by deleting scripts and adjusting stock levels, has been disqualified and forced to pay thousands Fremantle pharmacist Junliang Gary Goh was working …
Accidental death due to opioids: inquest
How can pharmacists help patients who are experiencing the side effects of tramadol, or at risk of accidental overdose? Perth woman Jackie-Lee Smith, 56, died due to tramadol intoxication leading …
Pharmacy accused of PBS fraud worth $18.7 million
The Australian Federal Police has won the right to seize and keep assets that it says are proceeds of crime Mid-last year the Australian Federal Police (AFP) sought orders against …
A question of evidence
A pharmacy owner has launched a case alleging a licensing authority discriminated against him based on race “on a number of occasions” Pharmacist Essam Bekhit has initiated proceedings against the …
Suspended for breaching patient privacy
A healthcare practitioner has been reprimanded for accessing the electronic health records of six patients at a NSW hospital A registered nurse, who was engaged in a longstanding legal dispute …
‘Beggars belief’: Pharmacist loses bid for reinstatement
A tribunal has found a pharmacist and wholesaler who purchased and supplied counterfeit sildenafil has not proven “real insight into his conduct” Mr Mina Attia, who in December 2016 was …
The mysterious half million in cash and stolen script pads
A doctor who was convicted of Medicare fraud, and struck off for using cocaine and meth – and illegally prescribing S8 drugs – has had his bid for reinstatement rejected A NSW …
Concealing the evidence
A locum pharmacist has been found guilty of professional misconduct for misappropriating morphine and codeine, and making false records to conceal the thefts A pharmacist working at a NSW hospital …
Not good enough
A pharmacy authority has pulled up two owners for failing to meet their responsibilities In June this year, the Victorian Pharmacy Authority held two panel hearings following allegations that licensees …
Pseudoephedrine security alert
Victoria Police has issued an alert about the theft from pharmacies of medicines containing pseudoephedrine Over three days from 26 to 29 June 2018, three south-eastern suburban pharmacies were broken …
Scripts for Myers’ cocktails and glutathione lead to caution
A doctor who improperly wrote scripts in the names of his staff, to provide stock to a pharmacist running a “hydration clinic” in his building, has been cautioned A medical …