350 pharmacists struck off for non-payment of fees for 2004
Nearly 350 pharmacists have been removed from the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists for non-payment of fees for 2004.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council ordered the strikings-off
at its brief meeting before the Society’s annual general meeting
on 12 May.
The number of names is higher than in 2003, when just over 300 were struck
off, but those strikings-off did not take place until July.
The 2004 list is published as an Official Notice this week for the benefit
of potential employers and others (see p690). The Society says that the
list may include the names of deceased members whose deaths have not
been notified to the Society. Information would be welcome in such instances.
Fewer than 200 of those struck off had registered addresses in the UK.
Of 57 with addresses elsewhere in the European Economic Area, most (33)
are in the Republic of Ireland, with a further 15 in Spain. (In addition,
45 of those with UK addresses have names that appear to be Spanish).
A further 98 names have addresses outside the EEA, across a total of
25 countries. The vast majority are in Commonwealth countries, with Australia
having a third of the total (33).
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