DESCRIPTION:
Becoming a doctor takes years of dedication and ongoing training. Patients who are physically or mentally unwell, rely on medical professionals, trusting them implicitly to guide them back to health when they are at their most vulnerable. Nonetheless, there are instances when appearances can be deceiving, times when the family doctor isn’t a doctor at all, using a medical title they are not qualified to claim, and ruthlessly risking the safety of unwitting patients for personal gain…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, audio editing, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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Changing Tide by Moments
Liminal by Chelsea McGough
The Arctic by Gold Coast
Things Gone Wrong by Moments
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NEWSBANK
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ONLINE ARTICLES
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/fraudster-caught-trying-trick-nhs-12281744
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-15438332
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38599673
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38224757
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246541/Bogus-doctor-told-pay-270-000-earned-10-years-pretending-GP.html
https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/2017-ukut-196
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-pervert-led-double-life-as-a-doctor-for-34-years-1926767
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2014970/Civil-servant-posed-GP-molest-patients.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11565976/Fraudulent-doctor-who-claimed-to-look-after-the-Queen-conned-patients-out-of-160k-court-hears.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/573313/Fraudster-claimed-Queen-doctor-swindle-vulnerable-patients-170k
https://www.thecomet.net/news/22193197.bogus-doctor-fraudulently-pocketed-156-000-left-herts-patients-fearing-health-put-behind-bars/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3142481/Conman-tricked-people-believing-Queen-s-doctor-jailed-four-years-swindling-people-160-000.html
https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/fake-doctor-imprisoned-forgery-and-fraud-costing-taxpayer-over-ps1m
https://cfa.nhs.uk/fraud-prevention/fraud-prevention-reports/preventing-procurement-fraud-in-the-NHS/pp-executive-summary
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/15/fake-doctor-zholia-alemi-nhs-guilty-fraud
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/19/thousands-of-doctors-under-scrutiny-after-fake-qualifications-case
https://www.independent-practitioner-today.co.uk/2021/07/get-tough-on-fake-doctors-says-mdu/