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It later emerged at the hearing that Dr Farrar’s bosses in Kent thought she was receiving pnds stlg 1,000 a month from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, but in reality she was getting more than four times that amount.

Retired nurse Anne Murray, who dealt with Dr Farrar’s appointment at Addenbrooke’s, told the GMC that it was agreed she would work for four months and would be given ‘honorarium’ payments to cover expenses.

Mrs Murray told the hearing: ‘I spoke to Dr Farrar by phone and she explained to me that she had a flat which she couldn’t easily release herself from, and that she would have travelling and living expenses in Cambidge which she needed to be recompensed for.

‘We agreed she would receive a gross of pnds stlg 1,000 per week which would cover her expenses.

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But Dr Giorgio Giancola, of Thanet Healthcare Trust, told the GMC he and his colleagues were under the impression that the pnds stlg 1,000 was a monthly payment.

Dr Giancola said: ‘I believed it was per month, but at a meeting with Dr Farrar that figure was never mentioned.

When we discussed it we would have said that if there was any money received because of her work at Addenbrooke’s it would offset her course fees, and should be returned either directly to Kings College Hospital or to THT.

The hearing was earlier told that Dr Farrar was also paid an extra pnds stlg 500 a month while studying at Kings College to cover the costs of her digs in London.

But Lydia Barnfather, for the GMC added: ‘She was living in London and it was agreed she would have some help with her expenses from Thanet.

They paid her pnds stlg 500 a week for living expenses but in fact her accommodation was a flat she rented from Dr Buxton-Thomas, her supervisor on the course.

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The hearing continues and is expected to conclude tomorrow.

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