Statutory Committee inquiries
The Statutory Committee will meet at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1, at 9.30am on Monday
18 October,
Tuesday 19 October, Wednesday 20 October and at 2pm on Thursday 21 October
2004 to hear the following inquiries:
Monday 18 October
1. The committee will resume consideration of a complaint by the Council of
the Society against a pharmacist which alleges that a failure to honour an
agreement to provide locum services and informing a pharmacy manager that
he was unable to work because of illness when he had arranged to work as
a locum and did work at another pharmacy on the day in question, may amount
to misconduct
Tuesday 19 October
2. An inquiry into a pharmacist convicted of theft
3. The committee will resume consideration of a complaint by the Council of
the Society against a pharmacist which alleges that acting as a superintendent
pharmacist in circumstances where the pharmacist was not sufficiently competent
in the use and understanding of the English language and failure to understand
the responsibilities of a superintendent pharmacist and/or those of a pharmacist
providing professional services and/or to discharge them amounts to misconduct.
4. The committee will deliver fuller reasons for its decision in an inquiry
into the case of a pharmacist convicted of supplying a prescription-only medicine
other than in accordance with a
prescription given by an appropriate practitioner, contrary to Sections 58
and 67(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.
Wednesday 20 October
5. An inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against a superintendent
pharmacist and the company which employed the superintendent pharmacist which
alleges that a number of failings in relation to the supply of Reductil 10mg
capsules and the supply of prescription-only medicines against e-mail requests
and not in accordance with a valid prescription, amounts to misconduct.
6. An inquiry into the case of a pharmacist convicted of failing to comply
with the Regulations under Section 18(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in
that he failed to keep or maintain the Controlled Drug and poisons register
and the record of methadone register as required by the Misuse of Drugs Act
1971.
Thursday 21 October
7. The committee will deliver its decision in an inquiry into a complaint by
the Council of the Society against two pharmacists which alleges that entering,
occupying or taking possession of, or otherwise seeking to interfere with,
administrative receivers’ possession of premises and/or property at
the premises and interfering with any business or activity of administrative
receivers may amount to misconduct.
David Gomez
Secretary to the Statutory Committee |
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Pharmaceutical Journal