Pharmacist is suspended after admitting he had used cocaine

A PHARMACIST has been suspended after admitting using cocaine and Ecstasy.

- TAITE JOHNSON

Pharmacist Daniel Rosser, owner of DR Rosser chemist, has received a three-month suspension after being found not fit to practise.

Mr Rosser confessed to using illicit drugs, and junior colleagues also gave evidence reporting his demeaning behaviour towards them.

A General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) fitness-to-practise committee was told Mr Rosser had initially attempted to conceal his “substantial history of taking illicit drugs”, before later admitting it.

Rosser bought the independent pharmacy in Church Street, Monmouth, in 2006, but will not serve as the lead pharmacist for three months after the principal hearing by the GPhC.

During the hearing, held between April 28 and May 7, the committee heard that “he admitted to using illicit drugs” to colleagues but then denied all allegations put to him by the council's inspector.

The 43-year-old later confessed to using recreational drugs in his spare time, saying: “I understand why recreational drugs would be frowned upon by the GPhC and why I shouldn't do so.