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The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7397 p489
22 April 2006


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 24 April, Tuesday 25 April, Wednesday 26 April and Thursday 27 April 2006 to hear the following inquiries:

Monday 24 April 2006

1. The committee will resume the inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Mustafa Hajimuddin Bhaiji (registration number 1050805) which alleges that the supply of methadone contrary to Regulation 16(4) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and the failure to make an entry in the Controlled Drugs register in respect of the supply of methadone (in breach of Regulations 19(1) and 20(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001), may amount to misconduct.

2. An inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Sarju Patel (registration number 1072103) which alleges that the unauthorised use of commercially sensitive information regarding another pharmacy contrary to Key Responsibility 3 of the Code of Ethics and Standards may amount to misconduct.

Tuesday 25 April 2006

3. An inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Mark Derek Robinson (registration number 75404) which alleges that a dispensing error involving the supply of 50ml of methadone mixture 1mg/1ml labelled as 50ml Oramorph 10mg/5ml against a prescription calling for 25ml of Oramorph 10mg/5ml; a second dispensing error involving the supply of 50ml of Oramorph 10mg/5ml against the above-mentioned prescription; the failure to contact the prescriber and/or advise the patient’s parents to contact the prescriber and/or give the patient’s parents appropriate advice following the discovery of these errors; the return of the wrongly dispensed methadone to a methadone stock bottle in the knowledge that a dose of the dispensed methadone had been consumed; and the failure to record in the Controlled Drugs register the supply of 50ml methadone mixture 1mg/1ml, may amount to misconduct.

4. The committee will consider an application for restoration to the Register on behalf of Michael John Wallace Haynes. Mr Haynes was removed from the Register in September 2000 following a direction of the committee.

Wednesday 26 April 2006

5. The committee will deliver the determination of the inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Michael Turner (previous registration number 67819) which alleged that the unlawful possession of Controlled Drugs; the possession of quantities of prescription-only medicines at his home; a failure to make entries in the Controlled Drugs register in respect of methadone and amphetamine purchases and supplies; the unlawful supplies of methadone and/or diazepam; and providing false information to police officers, may have amounted to misconduct. The committee also considered convictions for various driving offences; two counts of the supply of class A Controlled Drugs contrary to Section 4(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; three counts of the supply of Class C Controlled Drugs contrary to Section 4(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and one count of possession of a Class B Controlled Drug contrary to Section 5 (3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

6. An inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Richard Gregory Woodroffe (registration number 68919), Margaret Mary Rita Gorman (registration number 67793) and Alan Woodcock Ltd (identification number 1001329), which alleges that a dispensing error involving the supply of 100 Celance 1mg tablets against a prescription for 200 pergolide 50µg tablets, may amount to misconduct.

Thursday 27 April 2006

7. The committee will deliver the determination of the inquiry into a complaint by the Council of the Society against Derek Michael Phillips (registration number 75766) which alleged that discrepancies in Viagra 50mg and 100mg stock; breaches of Regulation 19 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations; breaches of the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations; a failure to deal appropriately with Controlled Drugs (failure to segregate patient returns and date-expired stock); the supply of sildenafil without a valid prescription; breaches of Regulation 6 of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980; and the condition of the pharmacy notwithstanding a warning from the Society inspector, may have amounted to misconduct.

8. An inquiry into the case of Catherine Anne Shennan (registration number 73563), who has been convicted of driving a motor vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it exceeded the prescribed limit, contrary to Section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

David Gomez
Secretary to the Statutory Committee

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