A FORMER ward manager on the neonatal unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend who was jailed for lying about her qualifications will have to pay back less than £300 of the £51,397.58 she fraudulently received during her employment.
Tanya Nasir, 47, was handed a five-year prison sentence in October 2024 when a jury at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court found her guilty on nine counts of fraud and false representation.
The mother-of-two, who also worked at Hillingdon Hospital in west London, claimed to be a highly qualified neonatal nurse and an army combat medic, but this was untrue.
Concerns were raised four months into her employment in Bridgend when the qualification date on her nursing registration differed to the one stated on her application form.
Nasir, from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, who was previously convicted of fraudulently claiming welfare benefits in 2010, claimed to be a band seven nurse when she was only qualified as a band five.
The investigation revealed she had faked her reference for the post using an NHS email account of a nurse she had previously worked with in London, and that she had taken steps to cover up the fraud when she realised it was being discovered.
Nasir lied about having experience in intensive care, A&E medicine and children’s palliative care, and also falsely claimed to have worked with several charities, including Oxfam and the Red Cross.
In June last year, a Nursing and Midwifery Council Committee concluded Nasir’s actions would put vulnerable patients at “a real risk of significant harm, which could have had catastrophic consequences” and banned her from the profession.
Nasir was released from prison in January, and a hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday ruled that she will only pay £278.13 of the wages she obtained fraudulently because that is all she has in her bank account.
The money will be split between Hillingdon NHS Trust, who will get £13.91, and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, who will receive £264.22.
The court was told Nasir could not pay any more because she was relying on state benefits, but that fraud investigators will pursue her if she comes into money.
Nasir has until 6th August to pay, and if she does not do so, she will serve a further month in prison.
By Marcus Stead – News Reporter
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