Pharmacist banned for allowing junior staff to dispense S8 drugs

The owner of five pharmacies has been barred over instructing assistants to dispense without a pharmacist on site

A pharmacist has been barred for a year after instructing unqualified junior staff to dispense medications, including schedule 8 drugs, without a pharmacist on site.

Andrew Kaye used a system of text messages to enable pharmacy assistants to dispense medicines, including S8 drugs.