A DOCTOR who peppered his CV with lies to get hospital jobs in Blackburn and across the country has been struck off.

The General Medical Council said it was in the public interest for Dr Kelvin Chatoor to be banned from practicing medicine.

The hearing previously heard that Dr Chatoor worked at Queen's Park Hospital, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, from August 2000 to July 2001.

It was alleged he provided misleading information that compromised patient safety to work at the hospital, his first UK post.

He claimed to have worked as a house officer in Trinidad for 18 months in the 1990s when he was, in fact, a medical intern.

However, he argued the two posts were the same and the allegations relating to Blackburn were dropped.

Yet the GMC ruled that Dr Chatoor, 40, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, had lied on his CV seven times over five years, from May 2000 till April 2005.

His bogus CVs were used to gain work at hospitals in Herefordshire, Kent, Plymouth, and East Berkshire.

The week-long hearing was told that Dr Chatoor's ambition was to be a psychiatrist.

Fitness to practice panel chairman Dr Linda Buchanan said Dr Chatoor claimed to be a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and to have a BSc Honours (First Class) when he had withdrawn from the course after the first year.

She said: "The allegations which the panel has found proved represent a serious breach of the principles and standards of conduct that the public is entitled to expect from registered medical practitioners.

"Over a lengthy period you repeatedly exaggerated your experience in psychiatry to your own selfish advantage."

She added: "The panel is concerned that, despite your formal admissions, you do not appear to show insight into the fact that there was a potential for patient harm."

She said the panel needed to send a message to the public, and the profession, that such behaviour would not be tolerated.

"The panel has determined that suspension would not be sufficient to protect the public interest.

"The panel therefore determines to erase your name from the medical register," she said.