The pharmacy regulator has issued a warning to pharmacist Babir Malik, registration number 2068299, after he asked a student to meet at the university and suggested they “view a film together”.
On November 6, a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) committee found that Malik “was working as an assistant professor at a university at the material time” of the allegation.
“From around February 2023, Malik communicated with a student of the university by way of sending WhatsApp messages,” the committee said.
Malik sent the student “assessment marks before they were published” via the instant messaging platform, it added.
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He also gave them “details of an employee’s sickness and disciplinary matters”, it said.
And Malik asked “to meet them at the university and [suggested] they view a film together, remotely, via a streaming service”, it added.
The GPhC found that “such behaviour is unacceptable” and said that it “must not be repeated”.
“Entirely inappropriate”
“Malik’s conduct is entirely inappropriate,” the committee found.
It added that his behaviour “amounts to a serious failure to meet standards for pharmacy professionals and is likely to undermine confidence in the profession”.
“While those standards apply to pharmacists in any setting, it is particularly important that they are modelled in those who work with colleagues in training and at the very earliest stages of their career,” it said.
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“The committee concluded that the appropriate outcome in this case is a warning” to be published on the register and available for 12 months, the GPhC said.
Read the determination in full here.
In June, the pharmacy regulator issued a warning to a pharmacist after it was “discovered” that she had entered into a sexual relationship with a patient.
Meanwhile last month, a postgraduate pharmacy student was removed from the register after she “falsified” documents during her studies, “invented reasons for absences” and made “widespread clinical failures” during her time of employment.
