Nurse accused of fiddling timesheets (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Nurse accused of fiddling timesheets

10:07am Monday 7th May 2007 in Swindon By Gazette Reporter

A 24-year-old nurse has appeared in court accused of handing in time sheets for work she hadn't done.

Tanya Payne faces 15 counts of false accounting relating to her working as a bank nurse at the Great Western Hospital.

It is said that she was working as a supply nurse at the hospital when she claimed payment for work she did not do.

The alleged offences cover an eight month period from April 2004 to December 2004 and relate to a variety of wards as well as the accident and emergency department Payne, of Tryon Close, Liden, was released on bail to appear at Swindon crown court on Friday June 1.