Nurse who ‘lied about being in Army’ claimed she was shot while serving in Afghanistan, court is told

A NURSE lied about being an Army major and her medical qualifications and experience, a court heard.

Tanya Nasir allegedly said she was shot while serving in  Afghanistan.

Tanya Nasir arrives at court after being accused of lying on application forms to secure a ward manager post

Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, South Wales, where Tanya Nasir worked

She is accused of lying on application forms to secure a ward manager post in a unit for sick and premature tots.

Emma Harris, prosecuting,  told the jury Nasir, 45,  was “responsible for the care of newborn babies”, placing the “most vulnerable of patients at risk”.

In January 2020, after five months  at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, South Wales, Nasir faced a revalidation of her Nursing and Midwifery Council registration.

However,  her line manager noticed inconsistencies in her CV and she was suspended. 

The jury  heard these included two fake degrees and claims to have worked with  premature babies at  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West London, from 2010 to  2015.

She also claimed to have worked for the West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust and in the adult intensive care unit at Watford  Hospital.

Ms Harris said there was no record she had the jobs and said of her CV:  “They contained degrees  she simply did not hold, they contained experience  she did not and could not have obtained.”

The jury also heard Nasir falsely claimed she is  a Royal Medical Corps major and was shot in Afghanistan.

But she had failed a  basic fitness test in 2010 and had  never seen active service.

Ms Harris said Nasir was convicted of benefit fraud in 2010 while studying for a nursing diploma at Buckinghamshire New University.

Nasir, of Rickmansworth, Herts, denies nine counts of fraud. The trial at Cardiff crown court continues.