A Nigerian doctor, Richard Akinrolabu, was jailed for three years in the United Kingdom after admitting to defrauding the National Health Service (NHS) of more than £268,000.
Akinrolabu, 61, of Orpington, Kent, received his sentence at Woolwich Crown Court on 4 November 2025, having previously pleaded guilty to all four counts of Fraud by False Representation at the same court on 3 September 2025.
The National Health Service Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) in a statement said Akinrolabu, who qualified in Nigeria in 2003, had been employed as a trust grade specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology by the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) in London, which forms part of King’s College Hospitals (KCH) NHS Foundation Trust. A trust grade specialist registrar is a type of resident doctor, formerly known as junior doctor.
Between October 2018 and December 2021, he worked on-call and night shifts at three additional trusts, despite informing his employer that he was unfit to do the same work for them.
He worked these shifts whilst on sick leave or on reduced duties from King’s College Hospital. As well as paying Dr Akinrolabu his full salary, the trust had to employ locums to cover these shifts.