General Pharmaceutical Council determination — substantive hearing
Erasure (struck off the register)
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The regulator directed removal from the register in this decision. The decision explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions. Check the official register for the practitioner's current registration status.
Concerning Thomas Cave, pharmacist (General Pharmaceutical Council 2216999).
Decision date: 31 October 2024 · Hearing started 28 October 2024 and ended 31 October 2024
In plain English
The GPhC committee decided that Thomas Cave 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 Pharmacist whilst working as the Responsible Pharmacist at Jhoots Pharmacy, 65 Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6HQ, 1. On one or more occasions between 1 February 2022 and 30 June 2022 you failed to maintain accurate and/or up to date records in the Controlled Drugs Register. 2. Between 14 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 for one or more patients you failed to dispense the correct measure or titration of methadone. 3. Between 14 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 failed to endorse one or more FP10MDAs with the amount of methadone dispensed. 4. Between 19 March 2021 to 18 November 2021 on up to 23 occasions dispensed a mixture of POMs, including Schedule 3 and 5 drugs within Schedule A, to yourself in circumstances where there was no prescription against which to dispense the POMs. 5. Your actions in paragraph 4 above were dishonest in that: 5.1. You knew there was no valid prescription issued against which medicines could be dispensed to you; And/or, 5.2. You knew that you were not entitled to remove these medicines as they were not prescribed for you. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct. Schedule A Aciclovir 800mg tabs Atorvastatin 40mg tabs Avomine 25mg tabs Cefalexin 500mg tabs Ciprofloxacin 750mg Co-codamol 30mg/500mg caplets Diazepam 10mg tabs Freestyle lancets 0.5mm/28g GSF-syrup oral gel mixed flavours 18g sachets 3 Loperamide 2mg caps Macrobid MR 100mg caps Morphine sulfate 10mg/5ml oral solution (500ml) Orlistat 120mg caps Paracetamol 500mg caplets Ramipril 1.25mg caps Ramipril 2.5mg caps Ramipril 5mg caps Tramadol 50mg caps Trimethoprim 100mg tabs Zydol Soluble 50mg tabs (100
Findings
The GPhC Fitness to Practise Committee held a principal hearing for Thomas Cave in a misconduct case. The cover page records facts proved: 4 & 5 Facts proved by admission: 1, 2, 3, Facts not proved: None. It records fitness to practise as impaired. The committee directed removal from the register.
Source
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