Lying doctor struck off after forging letters refused in bid to be allowed back to work

A former Salford doctor has been refused in his bid to be restored to the medical register after being struck off back in 2014, a medical practitioners tribunal found.

Dr Dazimbi Manika, who qualified in Zimbabwe in 1990, was struck off after appearing before a fitness to practice Panel back in October 2014, the report said.

It was proven in the initial hearing in 2014 that Dr Manika had altered the wording of a letter sent to him from the UK Border Agency on March 5, 2009, granting him discretionary leave to remain in the UK until March 5, 2012 by replacing “2012” with “2014”.

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“The UK Border Agency provided the GMC with a copy of its original letter confirming the date of March 5, 2012,” the tribunal report said.

“During a raid on Dr Manika’s home, the UK Border Agency found a copy of the letter which had been altered to 'March 5, 2014'.

“It appeared that Dr Manika had used the altered letter to support his application for employment with an NHS Trust.”

He had applied as a locum speciality doctor at the Five Borough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which has since become the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The 2014 Panel was satisfied that Dr Manika’s actions in forging a letter, lying on a job application form, falsely stating that the UK Border Agency had his passport, and submitting a forged letter to the trust would be regarded as dishonest by the standards of reasonable and honest people. The 2014 Panel was also satisfied that Dr Manika knew that by those standards he had acted dishonestly.

At his recent tribunal hearing to appeal the decision in February 2022, Dr Manika stated that he had done all he