Article 54 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 gives the Disciplinary Committee and the Health Committee, in serious cases, the power to make an interim order.
For the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007, click on the link below:
An interim order may consist of an order for conditions to be placed on a practitioner’s registration, or an order for interim suspension of the practitioner’s name from the register.
Under Article 54 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order, there are three grounds on which an interim order may be imposed. These are that the order must be necessary for the protection of members of the public; otherwise in the public interest; or in the interests of the practitioner.
There is no notice period stipulated in the Order. The procedure for interim orders is set out in Rules 21 and 39 of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fitness to Practise and Disqualification etc) Rules 2007. The Rules will require the Society to give such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances. At the interim order hearing, practitioners will be entitled to attend, to be represented, and to call and examine witnesses.
Typically, interim orders may be made for a longstop of up to 18 months with a cycle of reviews within the first 6 months, and specified periods of 3 months thereafter. The Council may apply to the High Court to extend an order after the expiry of the 18 month period. The Court may grant an extension for a further period of 12 months.
The practitioner may make an application to the High Court (technically not an appeal, but an application under Part 54 of the Civil Procedure Rules) to terminate a suspension, revoke or vary conditions or substitute any period of time specified in the original order.
The Society stresses that interim orders are made pending the outcome of an investigation or a full hearing into allegations that have been made against a registrant listed in this section. The Society's Fitness to Practise Committees have not yet finally determined the allegations against these regisrants and no findings have been made against them in relation to their fitness to practise.
For interim orders made by the Disciplinary Committee or the Health Committee, click on the links below:
| 2008 | ||
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| July Interim order (Mr Joga Singh Uppal) Interim order review (Ms Karen Elizabeth Stewart) Interim order revoked (Mr John Charles Henry Edwards) Interim order (Mr Mark Anthony Leah) Interim order revoked (Mr Ammaad Altaf) Interim order (Mr Riaz Ahamed Abdul Sattar Omar) |
May Interim order review (Mubbina Shafait Hashmi) | April Interim order review (Ammaad Altaf) Interim order (Wenxi Tan) Interim order review (Bhavini Jayprakash Patel) Interim order review (John Russell Pugh) Interim order review (Anne-Marie Dove) Interim order review (Mohamad Ali Traboulsi) |
| March Interim order review (John Henry Charles Edwards) |
February Interim order (Feroz Ali Ahmed) Interim order (Gholamreza Youseffi) Interim order (Gillian Anne Burnett) | January Interim order review (Karen Elizabeth Stewart) Interim order review (Tenveer Akhtar) Interim order review (Bhavini Jayprakash Patel) Interim order review (Damiyanti Patel) |
| 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|
| December Interim order (Julian Ward) Interim order (John Arthur Meaby) |
November Interim order (Hitendrakumar Jayantibhai Patel) Interim order (Anne-Marie Dove) Interim order (Mohamad Ali Traboulsi) Interim order (Mubbina Shafait Hashmi) |
October Interim order (John Henry Charles Edwards) Interim order (John Russell Pugh) Interim order (Ammaad Altaf) |
| August Interim order (Karen Elizabeth Stewart) |
July
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April Interim order (Samuel Edwin Ashby) |