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A pharmacy technician has been removed from the register after stealing controlled drugs “for her own personal benefit” and making false entries onto official records, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has said.
Sarah-Jane Forrest, registration number 5001693, was struck off the register for “stealing controlled drugs” from two branches of Scottish chain Omnicare Pharmacy and “for falsifying patient records”, a GPhC fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee heard via remote video link on January 29-31.
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Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
A pharmacist has been issued a warning after accessing a patient’s contact details from medical records and sending them an “unsolicited” message on social media.
A group of 45 cross-party MPs have signed a letter to Wes Streeting calling for “an urgent review into ongoing medication shortages”, saying that if action is not taken, the crisis will “worsen”.
