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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7229 p893
21/28 December 2002

Statutory Committee decisions

Set out below is the outcome of recent inquiries heard before the Statutory Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

On Tuesday 10 December 2002, in the resumed inquiry into Adrian Stuart Lister Martin, of 80 Welwyndale Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, the committee resolved to adjourn the inquiry for a further three months.

In the new and resumed inquiry into Vinaykant Jayantilal Bhatt, of 8 Bernays Close, Stanmore, Middlesex, the committee, having found misconduct established, resolved to direct the Registrar to remove Mr Bhatt's name from the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists. Under Section 11 of the Pharmacy Act 1954, this direction is not to take effect until the expiration of a period of three months from the date on which notice of removal is given or in a case where an appeal has been brought against the direction, until the appeal is determined or withdrawn.

On Wednesday 11 December 2002, in the inquiry into Bhupinder Singh Bharj, of 227 Dewsbury Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, and Vemtech Ltd, of 226 Dewsbury Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, the committee, having found the conviction of Mr Bharj proved and the misconduct established, resolved to direct the Registrar to remove Mr Bharj's name from the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists. Under Section 11 of the Pharmacy Act 1954, this direction is not to take effect until the expiration of a period of three months from the date on which notice of removal is given or in a case where an appeal has been brought against the direction, until the appeal is determined or withdrawn. As far as the company was concerned the committee resolved to take no further action.

In the inquiry into John Bradley Sugarman, of 22 Nunburnholme Avenue, North Ferriby, North Humberside, and Regal Pharmacy Ltd, of 475 Anlaby Road, Hull, North Humberside, the Committee, having found misconduct established, resolved to reprimand Mr Sugarman. As far as the company was concerned the committee resolved to take no further action.

On Thursday 12 December 2002, the chairman handed down the committee's reasoned decision following the inquiry into Elaine Hutton, of 37 Badgers Wood, Park Lane, Cottingham, North Humberside, heard on Wednesday 24 July 2002.

In the inquiry into Lesley Christine Davison, of "Earsdon Moor House", Earsdon, Morpeth, Northumberland, the committee, having found the convictions proved and the misconduct established, resolved to direct the Registrar to remove Miss Davison's name from the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists. Under Section 11 of the Pharmacy Act 1954, this direction is not to take effect until the expiration of a period of three months from the date on which notice of removal is given or in a case where an appeal has been brought against the direction, until the appeal is determined or withdrawn.

In the application for restoration of Yash Pal Kansal, of 57 Oxford Street, Oldham, the Committee resolved to direct that the name of Mr Kansal should not be restored to the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists.

M. B. PAWLUCZYK (Mrs)
Secretary to the Statutory Committee