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03.05.2024 - 08:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A nurse got a new job and went on holiday to Cuba while claiming sick pay from a hospital. But she was caught out after dropping a clanger on social media.
Sarah Oakes forged a doctor's note in order to be granted leave before faking a reference from her employer to gain the second role. Her romantic trips abroad were rumbled after she posted snaps of herself and her new husband on their travels on social media.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday afternoon, Thursday, that the 44-year-old first began working at Whiston Hospital in October 2015. Oakes, of Westwood in Runcorn, then went off sick in February 2019 complaining of chronic hip pain and having reportedly had surgery on her foot.
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But Sarah Holt, prosecuting, described how she then failed to attend a number of welfare appointments, after which it was discovered she had provided the trust with three fraudulent sick notes. She ultimately resigned from her position on August 28 that year, the Liverpool Echo reports.
It subsequently transpired Oakes had been offered a job at Warrington Hospital after attending an open day in January 2019, although she did not begin work until August 12. She obtained this staff nurse role after providing two references.
However, it was then found one of these testimonials, from a fellow employee at Whiston Hospital, had not been genuine. Oakes was dismissed from Warrington Hospital in November 2021.
She was also said to have visited Cuba twice during her six months on sick leave, having posted pictures from these trips on her Facebook page. One of these excursions saw her travel to meet her then boyfriend, while the second
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