Discipline

Registered pharmacist Shane Chafin is being investigated by the Pharmacy Council’s Professional Conduct Committee after several com­plaints were made against him

Napier pharmacistCaroline Kelly-Lowe has been found guilty of practising pharmacy without a certificate on two occasions, and failing to comply with recer­tification requirements repeatedly for more than a decade

Registered pharmacist Shane Chafin is being investigated by the Pharmacy Council’s Professional Conduct Committee after several com­plaints were made against him

Napier pharmacist Caroline Kelly-Lowe has been found guilty of practising pharmacy without a certificate on two occasions, and failing to comply with recertification requirements repeatedly for more than a decade

Waiuku pharmacist Feras Dawood has been struck off and fined for attempting to frame a junior colleague for a dispensing error he made that resulted in a woman being hospitalised.

Christchurch pharmacist John Collett stole methadone, entered his place of work out of hours and turned off the CCTV, diluted stock bottles of methadone and more.

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The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner has found a pharmacist and the pharmacy she worked at breached their duty of care to a patient by dispensing the wrong medicine to her twice, despite being informed of the error when it first occurred

Christchurch pharmacist John Collett stole methadone, entered the pharmacy out of hours and turned off the CCTV, diluted stock bottles of methadone and more  

Waiuku pharmacist Feras Dawood has been struck off and fined for attempting to frame a junior colleague for a dispensing error that resulted in a woman being hospitalised