Regulatory bodies
0A Northern Irish fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for six months after he “unlawfully obtained” prescription-only medicines (POMs) from his workplace “without a valid prescription”.
0Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”.
0Margaret 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.
0The pharmacy regulator has issued a warning to a pharmacist who “engaged in unsolicited services from an unknown broker” for “financial gain”.
2In the first month of its updated guidance, the pharmacy regulator has already referred three individuals for fitness-to-practise (FtP) investigations for concerns around weight management drugs, C+D has learned.
0Boots has issued a recall for 120,000 packs of its own brand paracetamol due to “incorrect packaging” and called on customers to return the product for a “full refund”.
0A 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.
15A fitness-to-practice (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for one month after he called a patient a “nutter” during a phone call with them and later refused to apologise.
1A pharmacist has been struck off the register after he was caught after sharing indecent images of children on an internet chatroom.
0NHS England (NHSE) has announced that its chief executive Amanda Pritchard will step down from her role at the end of March with Sir James Mackey taking over as transition chief executive at the start of April.