In all honesty,what would you do if you were to be struck off?

[Revolutionnaire]

Most people told me they would move abroad and become pharmacy technicians.

Noone has reported suicide yet...

[culchie82]

Erm not sure we'd be that desperate to remain in the Profession, to work as a dispenser in another country.

[Merlyn]

I knew an owner-manager who was struck off. He sold his pharmacies (he had two or three), bought another elsewhere and ran it on a series of locums. After a couple of years he applied to come back on the Register, apologised nicely etc and was allowed back on.
Blow me if he didn't do something else silly a couple of years later and the (then) Stat Com took a very dim view, in view of his previous conduct and threw him off again. So back he went to plan B.
Tried to re-apply again a few years later but the Stat Com were having none of it this time.

[johnep]

Sounds like the chap who had pharmacies on IOW and then went to Channel Isles.
johnep

[Merlyn]

It was. Old college friend, married to a friend of my wife! Stupid, ungrateful, selfish man.

[Tony Schofield]

I would probably retire if I was facing a striking off.

[Merlyn]

Knew someone who did that, too, Tony. He rang me as LPC Sec asking what he should do and as I knew he had the opportunity of selling his contract I advised him to do so and retire gracefully. Which he did and subsequently left a large amount of money for Good Works in his home town.

[hibernia]

Retiring gracefully is fine if you have reached a certain age and if you have a pharmacy to sell to fund your old age but what if you are still relatively young and have financial committments? How do you earn a living?

[Tony Schofield]

My biggest bargain was buying a pharmacy from someone facing imminent disqualification. Don't assume that in such circumstances you are always able to command "top dollar"!

[Merlyn]

Retiring gracefully is fine if you have reached a certain age and if you have a pharmacy to sell to fund your old age but what if you are still relatively young and have financial committments? How do you earn a living?

True, but a) don't get into that position anyway and b) one would still a pharmacy degree. Similar position to someone who fails their pre-reg year.