#RSS Feed for Health News articles - Telegraph.co.uk [p?c1=2&c2=6035736&cv=2.0&cj=1] Accessibility links * Skip to article * Skip to navigation [telegraph_print_190.gif] Telegraph.co.uk ___________________ Submit Wednesday 10 January 2018 * Home * Video * News * World * Sport * Business * Money * Comment * Culture * Travel * Life * Women * Fashion * Luxury * Tech * Film * Politics * Investigations * Obits * Education * Science * Earth * Weather * Health * Royal * Celebrity * Defence * Scotland Advertisement 1. Home» 2. News» 3. Health» 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. By John Bingham 7:00AM GMT 03 Feb 2011 Follow Dr Sanjoy (CORR) Kumar, 40, who was also voted “doctor of the year” for work in his local community, was found guilty of copying “extensive” chunks of the other GP’s work in an attempt to gain a new senior qualification. The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. When academics at the University of Westminster compared the two pieces they found “identical” phrasing even the same conclusions. Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after helping to save the lives of three teenagers who had been stabbed in a gang attack near his surgery for 15 minutes. Related Articles * David Cameron defended Alistair Darling and Yvette Cooper failed to get Boris Johnson 28 Mar 2011 * Children who have tonsils out 'more likely to become obese' 01 Feb 2011 * David Cameron's cardiologist brother-in-law expresses support of NHS reforms 01 Feb 2011 * Liam Fox should stand up to those who oppose proper funding for our defences 01 Feb 2011 * Doctors should face 'wilful neglect' charges if patients suffer 31 Jan 2011 * Andrew Lansley defends his health reforms with astonishing conviction 31 Jan 2011 The father of two later told his local newspaper that he had been dealing with conditions “like a war zone” with his clinic in Chingford, north London, had become a virtual “field hospital”. He was also voted “doctor of the year” in the Redbridge Community Awards in recognition of his work in a project to treat potentially dangerous patients who had attacked medical staff and was made an MBE in the New Year honours list last month. Dr Kumar, who was educated at £12,600-a-year Bancroft’s School in Woodford, has also worked alongside the police as a forensic medical examiner and recently disclosed that he is involved in a pioneering project to detect potential terrorists by encouraging doctors to spot and pass on suspicious activity from patients. A GMC fitness to practise panel in London was told that he came across Dr Staley while assessing her for an NHS appraisal as part of his work for the local primary care trust. When, in 2008 he took a diploma course to enable him to train other doctors, he copied parts of a case study she had provided into his coursework and passed it off as his own. He failed the exam but resat the following year, again copying large sections of Dr Staley’s work, the GMC heard. Dr Kumar claimed that his own “chaotic” administration systems had allowed him to inadvertently copy the other doctor. But the GMC ruled that there was “clear and overwhelming evidence” he had deliberately copied her work and concluded he had acted dishonestly and abused his position of trust. “The Panel found you obfuscated in your evidence and that your explanations were tenuous and vague,” Alyson Leslie, the chair of the panel told him. “It found your explanation of your reasoning as to the acceptability of utilising Dr Staley’s work in the manner which you did to be disingenuous and lacking in credibility. “You copied large amounts of another General Practitioner’s work including personal opinions she had proferred and used these directly in your own work.” His registration was suspended for six months from next month pending any appeal application. Yesterday he is understood to have been back at work at his surgery but was unavailable for comment. 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