A DOCTOR who lied in job applications for positions at Barnsley Hospital has been struck off the medical register.
Dr Mahmood Sardrood Khoshkhabar had been suspended for 12 months for his actions, and was struck off following a review of the case.
He did not attend the review hearing, but is entitled to appeal.
Dr Khoshkhabar applied for locum positions at Barnsley Hospital in July 2015 and failed to state he had been previously had conditions imposed upon his licence to practise.
He signed the applications, agreeing the information was ‘true and complete’.
But conditions were placed on his licence in May 2013 for 12 months for answering questions on job applications dishonestly.
Those conditions were reviewed in May 2014 and his fitness to practise remained impaired. The conditions remained in place for a further 12 months.
Following a second review, the conditions expired in June 2015.
That same month, Dr Khoshkhabar applied for a position at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals. When asked if he’d ever been removed from the register or had conditions placed on his licence, he answered ‘no’ and signed the declaration.
It repeated this in his applications to Barnsley Hospital the following month.
In addition, he also applied for other jobs while the conditions were still in place, though he had declared them. His actions were considered dishonest, and that he had concealing his expired conditions in his attempts to secure a medical post. He was suspended for 12 months before being struck off.
A report of the hearing said Dr Khoshkhabar had provided few details of what he had been doing while suspended, and that he had not attended the review hearing due to financial problems and family issues.
In an e-mail to the General Medical Council (GMC), he said he could not get a representative from a medical defence company and could not afford a private solicitor or representative.
He said: “Since the suspension I have been studying medical books including surgery, neurology and acute medicine. Also I receive the BMJ (a general medical journal) weekly and study different topics published in it and update my medical knowledge. I study online as well in websites such as evidence-based medicine and e-medicine.
“I have reviewed my filled application and the GMC notes regarding the mistakes that I made in filling the application with an advisor in the Citizen Advice Bureau and understand the mistakes and corrected them.
“I am hoping the panel will realise my effort to co-operate and my enthusiasm for medicine and they will lift the sanction and I, again will be able to resume my medical practice.”
But the review panel found that his e-mail was ‘woefully inadequate’ and failed to address how he had gained insight into his dishonesty or the progress he had made during his period of suspension. The report said it did not address in any detail how he has kept his medical knowledge up to date.
Unless Dr Khoshkhabar decides to appeal, his name will be removed from the medical register within 28 days.
