By Philip Ward, AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writer
On several occasions between November 2018 and February 2019, Dr. Arun Batra reported scans during his contracted National Health Service (NHS) working hours or while on study leave or agreed supporting professional activity time. But he amended computer records to make it appear the reports had been done outside those times, the BMJ noted.
Batra later claimed payment from North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for some of the reports, although the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing that suspended him described the financial loss to his employer as low. The reports were supposed to be done as extra work as part of the waiting list initiative and general additional backlog work, the report continued.
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His actions came to light when a fellow consultant saw him completing waiting list initiative reports during normal working hours and reported him to the trust's clinical director. He admitted all the charges and accepted that his fitness to practice was impaired, the BMJ stated.
The tribunal found his actions "extremely serious" but concluded that he had full insight into his misconduct and had taken "extraordinary steps to remediate," to the extent that "there was nothing further that could reasonably be asked of him." Overall, the tribunal ruled that "he had undergone a genuine and complete journey with his insight."
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