A cheating doctor destroyed his career for the sak
A cheating doctor destroyed his career for the sake of pnds stlg 100 when he charged for work he had not carried out, the GMC heard.
Shiv Dey billed his local health authority for tests on patients after the senior partner at his Lancashire surgery retired, the General Medical Council heard.
He was rumbled when staff complained records had been falsified medical records because some clients had not been seen.
Dey was fined pnds stlg 1,400 and ordered to pay pnds stlg 5,000 costs after he was hauled before a court for furnishing false information.
The doctor was today (Thurs) struck off the medical register after the GMC ruled his actions had put patients at risk.
Committee chairman Rodney Yates told Dey: ‘We take an extremely grave view of your behaviour.
‘You have defrauded the NHS for your own financial gain, and when the matter was under investigation you attempted to pass at least some of the blame on to others by drawing attention to the alleged shortcomings of your staff.
‘In addition, by deliberately making false entries in patient’s medical records, you placed them at risk.
‘Such irresponsible behaviour cannot be tolerated.
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The scandal erupted after Dr Dey took over the Burnley Road Heath Care Centre in Colne, Lancs when his partner retired in March 1997.
Under medical rules he was obliged to carry out health screening of all 1,200 patients within a year.
Dey later submitted a bill to East Lancashire Health Authority for pnds stlg 7,703 for for each pnds stlg 7.
10 test on 185 people.
Following a police investigation Dey was charged with 41 offences of furnishing false information and two of obtaining money by deception.
At Burnley Crown Court in October last year he pleaded guilty to 14 of the fraud charges, and the remainder were left on file.
He had gained nothing more than pnd stlg 100.
Judge Bennett had told Dr Dey: Members of the public expect professional people to have high standards.
‘If you cannot trust a doctor to write down a truthful account in his records it is a very poor state of affairs.
You were not honest.
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Dr Dey, of Castle Road, Colne claimed the incident was ‘a blip’ because he and his staff were overworked.
He looked stoney faced as today’s decision was announced and left the hearing without comment.
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