Official notices
Communications to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain should
be addressed, except where otherwise stated, to the Secretary and Registrar,
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London
SE1 7JN. Tel 020 7735 9141. Fax 020 7735 7629.
Statutory Committee
THE Statutory Committee will meet at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, on Tuesday, November 14, at
10am to hear (1) an inquiry into the case of a pharmacist convicted of theft
and attempted theft. There is in addition a complaint by the Council of the
Society alleging that a dispensing error made while the pharmacist was in charge
amounts to misconduct. The committee will also hear (2) an inquiry into the
case of a pharmacist convicted of an offence resulting from failure to comply
with regulations made under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
The Statutory Committee will further meet on Wednesday, November 15, at 10am
to hear (3) an inquiry into the case of a pharmacist convicted of theft; and
(4) an inquiry into the case of a pharmacist convicted of fraud. There is in
addition a complaint by the Council of the Society which includes allegations
that practices in the pharmacy resulting in prescriptions being submitted to
the Prescription Pricing Authority for medicines which had either not been supplied
to patients or had not been supplied in the quantities claimed amount to misconduct.
The committee will also hear (5) an application for variation of a direction
given by the committee under Section 8(1) of the Pharmacy Act 1954.
The Statutory Committee will further meet on Thursday, November 16, at 10am
to resume (6) an inquiry adjourned from August 16, 2000, relating to allegations
of misconduct against a superintendent pharmacist and company. The allegations
include failure to ensure that a pharmacist was in personal control at all times
that the pharmacies were open for business, failure to exercise control over
the sale of codeine linctus and failure to discharge the duties and responsibilities
of a superintendent pharmacist.
M. B. Pawluczyk (Mrs)
Secretary to the
Statutory Committee