Legal
Offenders 鈥渧ery opportunistic鈥�
鈥淭here鈥檚 a cohort out there that will do as much damage as they can,鈥� police superintendent says of alleged pharmacy robbery accused Queensland Police are currently examining security footage of …
Handwritten note in script bundle sparked fraud accusation
A pharmacist鈥檚 bid to appeal her section 150 suspension has been knocked back, after a tribunal heard allegations of serious PBS fraud and queried how scripts ended up in a …
Cannabis workload a factor in non-compliance, owner says
A sudden uptick in medicinal cannabis-related workload, in combination with a bad staff shortage, caused a pharmacy owner to fall behind in his obligations, he says A pharmacist has been …
Pharmacist 鈥榗oncocted鈥� ice, GHB story to get out of Covid quarantine
A pharmacist became a 鈥渟ocial media crusader,鈥� and said he was 鈥渂ewitched鈥� when he engaged in conduct which has now been examined by a tribunal The Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Work stress a factor in convicted pharmacist鈥檚 drinking
A pharmacist failed to report her conviction for drink driving causing grievous bodily harm on time, highlighting a lack of awareness of when to notify National Boards In May 2022, …
Break-in 鈥榳asn鈥檛 a very profitable exercise鈥�
Targeted pharmacist says it鈥檚 鈥渜uite disgusting鈥� that an adult would use children to help steal from chemists South Australia police have said in a statement that they have arrested three …
鈥楾ragedy鈥� after VAD spouse death
Coroner slams voluntary assisted dying self-administration laws that led to the death of a VAD patient鈥檚 spouse from 鈥榯he most dangerous of pharmaceutical products鈥� The death of a VAD patient鈥檚 …
Do complaint reports go too far?
Allegations which have yet to be proven can harm pharmacists, two lawyers argue Andrew Lambros, managing director at Bennett & Philp lawyers, and Maurice Hannan, its director, business advisory services, …
鈥業t is not the role of a regulatory pharmacist to make clinical decisions鈥�
PRU officers鈥� role queried following inquest into a man鈥檚 tragic death from prescribed Physeptone tablets and Stilnox A coroner has called on the NSW Ministry of Health to review its …
Pharmacy owner 鈥榓cted in contempt鈥� of health department: tribunal
A unregistered pharmacy owner supplied at least 15,000 pharmaceutical benefits since his approval to supply them was cancelled, a tribunal has heard The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has heard a request …
PBS fraud pharmacist 鈥榳as at risk of losing everything鈥�
In cancelling a pharmacist鈥檚 registration, a tribunal says that if his financial fears could factor into his defrauding the PBS, other pharmacists could do the same Between January 2018 and …
Scripts traded for CPAP machine, store credit
A pharmacist inherited, and then continued, an arrangement with a patient which saw him claiming for medicines which were never dispensed The pharmacist had been working at a regional NSW …