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Pharmacist who made false insurance declarations to GPhC suspended for six months

Babak Gholamhosseini ran two pharmacies without appropriate professional indemnity insurance over extended periods.

04 Sep 2025

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Pressure on Jhoots increases as another MP demands answers about poor service

Liberal Democrat MP Ian Roome has written to Jhoots CEO Manjit Jhooty after “a series of unexpected closures at local pharmacies” in North Devon.

03 Sep 2025

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Pharmacist who gave child shingles vaccine suspended for four months

Kofi Akuamoah Boahene thought Zostavax was effective against chickenpox even though it was not listed in the patient group direction.

03 Sep 2025

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Police hunt woman after seizing £32,000 of alleged fake Mounjaro and Ozempic

Detectives from City of London Police want to question Christina Parfitt, 40, in connection with the illegal sale of the medicines.

01 Sep 2025

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GPhC chief urges public to check its register to avoid illegal online pharmacies

General Pharmaceutical Council chief executive Duncan Rudkin warned patients to ensure medicines they get online are dispensed from a pharmacy registered with it.

27 Aug 2025

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NPA warns pharmacies still teetering on the brink of closure

NHS figures show that a further 72 pharmacies have closed this year so far in England, around two a week.

27 Aug 2025

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Over 8.5 tonnes of medicines wasted every year in the Scottish borders

NHS Borders, one of 14 health boards in NHS Scotland, said prescription medicines cost it more than £30 million annually.

21 Aug 2025

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Pharmacy technician who falsified CD register entries given 12-month condition order

April Gibb was handed a three-month suspension by a FtP committee in May after admitting to 14 allegations of falsifying and retrospectively altering CD registers.

21 Aug 2025

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Jhoots Pharmacy CEO to meet cabinet minister as concerns over service levels mount

Jhoots Pharmacy CEO Manjit Jhooty asked to meet the Labour cabinet minister Heidi Alexander after concerns grew over its service levels.

20 Aug 2025

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Pharmacies urged to prepare for telephone network migration

Pharmacy owners were warned the public switched telephone network (PSTN) will be decommissioned in January 2027.

18 Aug 2025

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Labour cabinet minister demands answers from Jhoots CEO over pharmacy’s failings

The transport secretary Heidi Alexander and local councillors in Swindon have warned Jhoots chief executive Manjit Jhooty about failures at a Jhoots pharmacy.

18 Aug 2025

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Pharmacist who dispensed for online prescriber without conducting safety checks warned

Sajid Khan Rasool did not check if there were written prescribing procedures in place and if the online service recorded clinical interventions.

15 Aug 2025

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Pharmacy opens in deprived town after years of campaigning by residents

Allied Pharmacy opened its doors in Podsmead, Gloucester, which is in the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England.

14 Aug 2025

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Exclusive: Ahmeys Pharmacy in Bicester owed 20 locums a combined £22k, alleges agency

Team Locum told ICP a former director of Ahmeys Limited offered to sell a 49 per cent ownership stake in the pharmacy for £225,000.

13 Aug 2025

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Pharmacist who made dishonest pharmacy quality scheme claim warned by GPhC

Tajinder Singh Matharoo falsley insisted all eligibility criteria for the 2021-22 PQS had been met including the necessary training.

12 Aug 2025

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Pharmacist who dispensed two brands without SSP and committed CD breach warned

Christopher Serhat Ulus dispensed Medikinet 5mg tablets and Tranquilyn 5mg tablets against a prescription for Medikinet 5mg tablets without an SSP.

11 Aug 2025

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