Nurse who faked qualifications to land senior NHS job looking after sick babies is jailed, Nasir claimed she was Shot while serving as a Major in Afghanistan. Some Liar and Fraudster. We have them here in Ireland and we should be Alert at all times. Imagine the Risk to Babies here?

A NURSE who faked qualifications to land a senior NHS job looking after sick babies has been jailed for five years.

Tanya Nasir, 45, was paid more than £210,000 in wages before she was suspended in 2020.

The nurse also allegedly said she was shot while serving as a Major in AfghanistanShe fabricated degrees and experience to work as manager of the neo­natal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, South Wales.

The mum of two, of Rickmansworth, Herts, previously made “false representations” to a ­hospital in West London.

She denied fraud but was found guilty of all nine counts at Merthyr crown court in July.

Judge Richard Kember said: “There was a risk for a catastrophic outcome for patients and staff.”