Pharmacy Daily | UK pharmacist fined

A PHARMACIST in Great Britain has received the dubious honour of being the first to be prosecuted under new regulations governing practising while banned. Mark Taylor was taken to court by the General Pharmaceutical Council - which was officially formed as the new governing body for pharmacy in the UK in 2010 - after being found to be working while under a suspension. The committee had previously banned the pharmacist after he was accused of accessing controlled drugs in a London dispensary while off duty, as well as abusing a female colleague. Taylor did not appear at the hearing and was found guilty in his absence, with the committee saying he had shown a “flagrant disregard for the reputation of the profession”. But shortly thereafter he was discovered during a routine audit to be working at another pharmacy and was taken to court for breaching his suspension. Last week he was fined £1750 plus court costs and now remains suspended from the register.

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