"Hussain engaged in a sustained pattern of fraud"A former Labour parliamentary candidate has been jailed for four years after using fake university degrees and fabricated references to secure senior NHS roles across England. One of the most senior roles Hussain secured was head of outpatient pathway redesign at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. His fraud was eventually uncovered in 2021 after Devon Partnership NHS Trust offered him a deputy chief operating officer role worth £90,000 a year. As part of its recruitment checks, the trust investigated Hussain’s claim that he had previously worked as director of transformation and improvement at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. Hussain was later found to have fraudulently secured other positions outside the NHS, including roles at Nottingham CityCare Partnership and Kent County Council.