Nurse who faked qualifications to land senior NHS job looking after sick babies is jailed
A NURSE who faked qualifications to land a senior NHS job looking after sick babies has been jailed for five years.
Tanya Nasir, 45, was paid more than £210,000 in wages before she was suspended in 2020.
She fabricated degrees and experience to work as manager of the neonatal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, South Wales.
The mum of two, of Rickmansworth, Herts, previously made “false representations” to a hospital in West London.
She denied fraud but was found guilty of all nine counts at Merthyr crown court in July.
Judge Richard Kember said: “There was a risk for a catastrophic outcome for patients and staff.”
In June, The Sun reported that Tanya lied about being an Army major.
Nasir allegedly said she was shot while serving in Afghanistan.
In reality she failed a fitness test and never saw active service.
She was accused of lying on application forms to secure a ward manager post in a unit for sick and premature tots.
Emma Harris, prosecuting, told the jury Nasir, 45, was “responsible for the care of newborn babies”, placing the “most vulnerable of patients at risk”.
In January 2020, after five months at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, South Wales, Nasir faced a revalidation of her Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.
However, her line manager noticed inconsistencies in her CV and she was suspended.