SERIAL fake Conrad de Souza has been jailed again after trying to lie his way back into the NHS in both Slough and Windsor.

De Souza, 57, notorious for previously using fake medical qualifications to gain senior jobs in the NHS where he worked for nine years - has been imprisoned a second time for fraud.

He has been sentenced to 17 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to six counts.

Between September 2013 and June 2014 he made a number of job applications - including one to Slough Borough Council for the post of Head of Service, Care Commissioning Group and another to Windsor, Ascot & Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group for the post of interim Director of Development Commissioning.

In all cases he lied about his qualifications and previous conviction.

He was previously convicted after he lied that he was a qualified doctor. This enabled him to work in well-paid roles in clinical strategy for Lewisham Primary Care Trust (PCT) for nine years, receiving over £329,000 of NHS money in fraudulently obtained earnings.

He was sentenced for the latest offences at Croydon Crown Court on December 12.

Richard Rippin, head of operations for NHS Protect, added: “De Souza took extraordinarily large risks to win back the power, prestige and financial rewards he once illegitimately enjoyed, in senior NHS roles he had obtained by fraud and was never qualified for. Not surprisingly, he failed."

NHS Protect Anti-Fraud Specialist Dave Horsley, who received a commendation from the sentencing judge, said: “After receiving a 27-month custodial sentence in 2011, plus being ordered to repay £270,000 in 2012, you might think he would mend his ways.”