Discipline

Appearing before the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal is nerve-wracking enough, but for the vast majority of pharmacists who appear, their name will be publicly connected to their misdemeanours for the rest of their careers. Yet, a new study shows this is not the case for other health professionals. Ruth Brown and Steve Hart report

Incoming head of the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy says he will work to boost student numbers, particularly among Māori and Pacific students

Auckland pharmacist and former owner of Devonport 7 Day Pharmacy Asma Shousha has been censured, her registration has been cancelled and she has been ordered to pay over $37,000

A pharmacist who made multiple “careless” mistakes in dispensing methadone contrary to how it was prescribed has been censured and fined $6000

In a cost-recovery drive, the Medical Council is boosting some of its fees, including the disciplinary levy that covers investigations of allegedly errant doctors 

A man who was supposed to receive a daily dose of 11mg of methadone, was instead administered 75mg, after a pharmacist confused his script with that of another patient, a report by Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell reveals

A medical centre’s poor systems resulted in repeated over-prescribing and a patient developing drug-induced Cushing’s syndrome 

A claim by Chemist Warehouse that it is New Zealand's “number one online pharmacy” has been shot down by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint

An Auckland pharmacist has been publicly named and had her practising certificate suspended pending an investigation

Christchurch pharmacist Simon James Blue, who misappropriated nearly 7000 Ritalin tablets, has been censured and ordered to pay more than $8000 after he worked without an Annual Practising Certificate