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 Olutomi Olaide Adedeji, pharmacist (GPHC 2075413).
Decision date: 21 December 2023 · Hearing started 18 December 2023 and ended 21 December 2023
In plain English
The GPhC committee decided that Olutomi Olaide Adedeji should be subject to the published outcome from a principal hearing in a conviction/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 pharmacist, 1. On 3 February 2017, received a conviction for travelling on railway without paying fare on 4 July 2016 contrary to section 5(3)(a) Regulation of Railways Act 1889 at Reading Magistrates Court. [PROVED] 2. On 7 August 2017, received a conviction for attempting to travel without paying rail fare on 9 March 2017 contrary to section 5(3)(a) Regulation of Railways Act 1889 at Swindon Magistrates Court. [PROVED] 3. On 18 December 2017, received a conviction for travelling on railway without paying fare on 2 July 2017 contrary to section 5(3)(a) Regulation of Railways Act 1889 at Swindon Magistrates Court. [PROVED] 4. Did not disclose your convictions at 1, 2 and/or 3 above during the recruitment process for a role at Rowlands Pharmacy at the Park Lane branch in Swindon in or around April and/or May 2020. [PROVED] 3 5. Did not provide a copy of your DBS Certificate to your employer, Rowlands Pharmacy, in or around July 2020. [PROVED] 6. [DELETED] 7. Did not declare your convictions at 1, 2 and 3 above to the GPhC at the time of applying for readmission / renewing your registration: 7.1. On or around 16th January 2019 [PROVED] 7.2. In or around January 2020 [PROVED] 7.3. On or around 7th December 2020 [PROVED] 7.4. On or around 31st December 2021. [PROVED] 8. Your actions at 4, 5, and/or 7 above were dishonest and/or lacking in integrity in that you knew or ought to have known that you had a duty to declare prior convictions to: 8.1. A potential and/or current employer; and/or [PROVED] 8.2. The GPhC [PROVED] By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your convictions and/or misconduct.
Findings
The GPhC Fitness to Practise Committee held a principal hearing for Olutomi Olaide Adedeji in a conviction/misconduct case. The cover page records facts proved: All. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The committee directed removal from the register.
Source
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