Statutory Committee decisions
Set out below are the outcomes of recent inquiries heard before the Statutory Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on Monday 19 March, Tuesday 20 March, Wednesday 21 March and Thursday 22 March 2007:
1. Following the inquiry into the complaint by the Council of the Society
against Vijay Jamnadas Gandecha (registration number F428), the committee
resolved to reprimand Mr Gandecha. The committee found proved the allegations
that Mr Gandecha supplied diazepam, nicorandil and furosemide without
the authority of a prescription signed by an appropriate practitioner,
committed
breaches of Key Responsibilities 1, 2 and 3 and paragraphs 5 and 6 of the Code
of Ethics and Standards and failed to comply with Section 58(2) of the Medicines
Act 1968 and Section 4(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
2. The committee adjourned the inquiry into Sheila Elizabeth Coventry (registration
number 81492) to resume at a later date.
3. Following the inquiry into the case of Alan Charles Blackwood (registration
number 74754), the committee resolved to reprimand Dr Blackwood following his
conviction for assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement on 22 July
2005 at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
4. Following an inquiry, the committee directed that no further action be taken
against Phillip James Blake (registration number 60801), who on 16 August 2002
at Gloucester Magistrates’ Court was convicted of having driven a motor
vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath
exceeded the prescribed limit, contrary to Section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic
Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
5. Following the inquiry into the case of Murtuza Broachwalla (registration
number 93830), the committee resolved to reprimand Mr Broachwalla, who on 2
September 2004 at Market Harborough Magistrates’ Court was convicted
of driving a motor vehicle on a restricted road at a speed exceeding 30 miles
per hour, contrary to Sections 81(1) and 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation
Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, and on 5 January
2005 at Hinckley Magistrates’ Court was convicted of driving a motor
vehicle while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, contrary
to Section 103(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road
Traffic Offenders Act 1988, driving a motor vehicle when there was not in force
such a policy of insurance or such a security in respect of third party risks
as complied with the requirements of Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988,
contrary to Section 143(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, and wilfully obstructing a constable in the
execution of his duty, contrary to Section 89(2) of the Police Act 1996.
6. The committee adjourned the inquiry into the case of Nathan Burgess
Simpson (registration number 1077828) to resume at a later date.
David Gomez
Secretary to the Statutory Committee |
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