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Suspended Supercar enthusiast mortgages home at 36% interest
A suspended Sydney pharmacist has mortgaged his home at a rate of 36% per annum, while a Supercars website run by his wife has disappeared from the internet The Australian …
30 oxycodone scripts in 88 days鈥攁nd more
A pharmacist 鈥渇ailed in his role as gatekeeper鈥� when he dispensed 鈥渧astly鈥� excessive amounts of opioids and benzodiazepines to some patients, a tribunal has said The pharmacist appeared before the …
鈥楶articularly the chemist shop offence is serious鈥�
A teenager, who was among a group which robbed a pharmacy armed with baseball bats and machetes, has now had his application to appeal against his sentence denied The Supreme …
Family violence inconsistent with being a 鈥榝it and proper person鈥�
A former pharmacist, whose registration was suspended at the time, threw acetone on his partner and threatened to burn the other man鈥檚 home down The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Regulation strengthened in the West
Changes to the National Law as it applies in WA have been passed and enacted The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the national Boards say this means further strengthening …
Arrest after armed robbery
A man has been charged after he brought a fake gun to a pharmacy and demanded medication Manningham Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following an alleged armed …
鈥楬ospitals are death chambers,鈥� posted former GP
Former doctor faces tribunal over 鈥渁bhorrent鈥� comments about LGBTQIA+, Chinese and Muslim communities, other health practitioners and the former colleagues he called 鈥渓ike Nazis鈥� and an 鈥淥rwellian battle axe鈥� The …
Pharmacist claimed he had 鈥榯hrown away鈥� excess S8s
A pharmacy owner鈥檚 store was one of the highest Victorian buyers of alprazolam in 2022, according to an investigation which showed he was self-medicating for stress over Covid-19 The pharmacist …
GP a 鈥榬eal danger to patients鈥�
Despite pharmacies helping to identify and point out drug-seeking behaviour from two of his patients, a GP continued to prescribe them S8s and S4s The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Pharmacist who 鈥榗ould barely stand鈥� while working drunk appeals decision
A pharmacist with a history of drink driving, practising while under the influence and forging hospital documents has appealed the cancellation of his registration The Supreme Court of NSW has …
Lockdown closures led to PBS cancellation
A pharmacy owner has taken her appeal against a decision to cancel her PBS approval to the Federal Court 鈥� and been knocked back She had closed her pharmacy, located …
The dangerous waters of gifting
Can I accept gifts from my patients? What happens if they leave me something in their will? The AJP takes a look at boundaries around accepting gifts A recent article …