A cancer surgeon is accused of lying about his work experience while applying for the job of consultant general surgeon at Worcester Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.
Forty-seven-year-old Sudip Sarker lied about the number of keyhole surgery operations he had done so he could get an £84,000-a-year job at the hospital, a court has heard.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, a court heard on Tuesday he claimed to have carried out 51 keyhole surgeries and was given a job by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust ahead of another candidate who had done around 30 operations.
Sarker spoke only to confirm his name and address and enter a not guilty plea to fraud by misrepresentation when he appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court, the media report said.
The fraud took place between May 9 and September 1, 2015.
Chair of Magistrates, Richard Packer, said: “We agree this matter should go to crown court because of the serious nature of the alleged offences.”
Sarker, of Broadstairs, Kent, was granted unconditional bail and ordered to appear at Worcester Crown Court on February 21.
