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 Farid Poonja, pharmacist (GPHC 2051639).
Decision date: 19 January 2024 · Hearing started 18 January 2024 and ended 19 January 2024
In plain English
The GPhC committee decided that Farid Poonja should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction 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.
Findings
The GPhC Fitness to Practise Committee held a principal hearing for Farid Poonja in a conviction case. The cover page records facts proved: All Facts proved by admission: All Facts not proved: None. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The committee directed removal from the register.
Source
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