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Pharmacist suspended for WhatsApp remote supervision while ‘in lavatory’

 
• By Kate Bowie

An “inexperienced” pharmacist has been suspended for “running [a] pharmacy using Whatsapp” and allowing drugs to be dispensed without a pharmacist on site, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has revealed.

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“The nature of the WhatsApp messages were an indication of his lack of professionalism"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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