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A pharmacist has been handed a warning by the General Pharmaceutical Council after allegedly obtaining a patient’s contact details from their medical records and sending them an unsolicited message on social media.

A GPhC fitness-to-practise committee said Joshua Dylan Mistry breached patient confidentiality and abused his position of trust while working as a pharmacist at Popsons Chemist in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

The committee said although his message was “not sexually explicit, it crossed appropriate professional boundaries” and warned him there should be “no repetition of such conduct”.

The committee said Mr Mistry’s actions breached the GPhC’s standard six (behave in a professional manner) and standard seven (respect and maintain the person’s confidentiality and privacy).

His warning will appear on the GPhC’s public-facing register for 12 months.

“Such actions have the potential to cause harm to patient wellbeing and there is evidence that his actions on this occasion caused both anxiety and inconvenience to the patient concerned,” the committee said.

“They further undermine public trust and confidence in the profession who have a right to expect that any dealings they have with a pharmacist will be purely professional and that their data will be used only where there is a legitimate clinical need.”