Doctor struck off after he stole £52k from NHS

Kar expert faked pandemic timesheets to pay school fees

- Chris Riches

A HOSPITAL consultant has been struck off after he stole £52,000 from the NHS in order to keep his daughters in their private school.

Aston Martin-driving Dr Kifayat Ullah forged timesheets in the pandemic, claiming that he had worked 45 hours a week when doing just 22.5.

The married dad-of-two was known as the Ear Doctor to Tik Tok followers, and a medical tribunal heard he posed online enjoying exotic holidays.

But he was short of cash to pay future school fees and refused to take out a loan due to "cultural issues".

Ullah, 41, of Hampstead, North London, was an ENT locum at Kingston Hospital in the south-west of the capital when investigators found he submitted 27 fraudulent timesheets purportedly signed by a manager for 658 hours he never worked.

A judge imposed a 24-month suspended sentence, ordered him to complete 250 hours unpaid work and pay £51,902 compensation last January after he admitted using a false instrument. He has since repaid the money.

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