GPHC determination — substantive hearing
Struck off the register
The regulator’s term: erasure
What does “struck off the register” mean?
Being struck off (the regulator calls this "erasure") removes the practitioner from the register. They are no longer permitted to practise this profession in the UK. Erasure can be reviewed after a minimum of five years, but is otherwise indefinite.
Concerning Sarah-Jane Forrest, pharmacy technician (GPHC 5001693).
Decision date: 31 January 2024 · Hearing started 29 January 2024 and ended 31 January 2024
In plain English
The GPhC committee decided that Sarah-Jane Forrest should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a misconduct case. The committee directed removal from the register. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The official determination gives the committee's reasons, order wording, and any conditions attached to the decision.
Charges
The GPhC allegation section states: You, a registered pharmacy technician, whilst you were working at Omnicare Pharmacy, 2 Home Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9LY (‘the Pharmacy’) operating from the Queensferry Road Branch and the Tollcross Branch: 1. On or around the following dates you removed 56 x tablets of Oxycodone 20mg MR from the Queensferry Road Branch: 1.1. 22nd December 2020 1.2. 2nd February 2021 1.3. 18th February 2021 PROVED. 2. On 11th March 2021, you removed from the Tollcross Branch 56 x tablets of Oxycodone 30mg MR. PROVED. 3. Your actions in relation to allegations 1 and 2 above were dishonest in that: 3.1. You did not have permission and/or authority to remove the medicines from the pharmacy. 3.2. You knew you did not have permission and/ or authority to remove items from the pharmacy. 3.3. You removed the medicines for your own use/ benefit. PROVED. 4. On or around the following dates you falsified the controlled drug register at the Queensferry Road Branch by entering incorrect details that Patient C had been dispensed 56 x tablets of Oxycodone 20mg MR: 4.1. 22nd December 2020 4.2. 2nd February 2021 4.3. 18th February 2021. PROVED. 5. On or around the following dates you falsified Patient C’s Patient Medical Record by making an entry for 56 x tablets of Oxycodone 20mg MR: 5.1. 3rd December 2020 NOT PROVED. 5.2. 22nd December 2020 PROVED. 6. On 11th March 2021, you falsified the Controlled Drug Registers at the Tollcross Branch by entering incorrect details that Patient X had been dispensed 56 x tablets of Oxycodone 30mg MR. 4 7. Your actions in relation to allegation 4 and 5 and 6 above were dishonest in that you knew that the entries were false and/or incorrect. PROVED. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practice is impaired by reason of your misconduct.
Findings
The GPhC Fitness to Practise Committee held a principal hearing for Sarah-Jane Forrest in a misconduct case. The cover page records facts proved: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.2, 6 and 7 Facts proved by admission: None. Facts not proved: 5.1. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The committee directed removal from the register.
Source
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