Struck off for lying on CV
Are NHS vetting systems up to the job?
A radiographer has been removed from the HPC Register for making false statements on his CV and not disclosing a suspension order on an application form.
A panel of the HPC Conduct and Competence Committee heard how Kayode Balogun was suspended for one year for submitting a falsified document to the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine in 1999.
On a CV later provided to a recruitment agency, Balogun falsely declared that he was working during his one year suspension.
In February 2006, Balogun completed an application form for the post of senior radiographer with the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. He didn’t disclose his suspension order as his reason for leaving his previous position; instead he claimed he left to “look after his kids”.
NHS vetting systems came under scrutiny in February after research showed a third of the 40 NHS trusts polled had had problems with fraudulent applications.
Responding to reports of CV falsification in the NHS, Alastair Henderson, deputy director of NHS Employers said: “NHS employers carry out rigorous checks before they appoint any member of staff to a position in the NHS and patients can have confidence that the staff who treat them are who they say they are and that they have the appropriate qualifications.
“Falsifying CVs or applications in an attempt to get a job in the NHS is completely unacceptable. Thorough checks are carried out before appointment to a post in the NHS and include verification of qualifications, identity, registration with a professional body if they are clinical staff and eligibility to work in the UK.
“Systems for vetting applicants for jobs in the NHS are continually being strengthened and improved. In the next few weeks we will be publishing a set of updated standards which will be mandatory from April and which will be included in the core list of requirements on which the independent Health Care Commission will inspect trusts.”
Posted: 25/02/2008
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