Overview

• Between June 2021 and January 2023, Blair withdrew £80,000 from the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and sent the funds to her online partner in Nigeria.
• Blair admitted fraud by abuse of position at the Old Bailey and received a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years.
• The court imposed 250 hours of unpaid work, 15 days of rehabilitation activity and six months of mental health treatment as part of her probation.
• Judge Lynn Tayton cited Blair’s lack of previous convictions, her depression diagnosis and her rehabilitation prospects when deferring prison time.
• Blair is now unemployed and on universal credit while the NHS trust reviews its financial safeguards.