The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7482 p698
15 December 2007

Disciplinary Committee decision

The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain met on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 December and gave the following direction under the Statutory Committee rules (as provided for in the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007):

1. Following the inquiry into Robert Lyndsey Sherman (registration number 78127) the committee resolved to reprimand Mr Sherman. The committee found proved the allegation that: the submission to the Prescription Pricing Authority for payment prescriptions endorsed to the effect that all the items called for had been dispensed when this was not true, resulting in payments of £6,467.15 and £2,996.81 to which he was not entitled; the supply of quetiapine 100mg tablets at a dosage of one per day against prescriptions calling for two per day, and endorsing the prescriptions to the effect that all the items called for had been dispensed; the supply of folic acid 5mg tablets at a dosage of one per day against prescriptions calling for two per day, and endorsing the prescriptions to the effect that all the items called for had been dispensed; the supply of Sinemet-Plus 125mg tablets at a dosage of one tablet to be taken twice a day against prescriptions calling for one tablet three times per day, and endorsing the prescriptions to the effect that all the items called for had been dispensed; certifying on the reverse of two NHS prescriptions that a patient was over 60 years of age and accordingly exempt from payment of NHS prescription fees when in fact that patient was 57 and had paid the required fee; a failure to promptly transfer patient-returned medicines to disposal containers; the storage of patient-returned medicines in the garage of his home and in his car, amounted to misconduct.

Fitness to Practise Committees Secretariat