{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-11-01T08:28:30.500Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"alleged-ai-use-denied","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"regulatory","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":2,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2024-uk-tribunal-strikes-off-dietitian-it-found-used-ai-to-answer-clinical-questions-in-remote-nhs-job-interview","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'being interviewed for an oncology dietician role at the Guildford hospital'; 'who was in Nigeria at the time of the interview'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK, in March 2024'; 'while she was in Nigeria'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The dietitian, who was in Nigeria at the time, was interviewed online for an oncology dietitian post at an NHS hospital in Surrey in March 2024.","causal_attribution":"Facts from the tribunal decision as reported; the month comes from Punch's account only."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'All of the interviewers came to the view she was using artificial intelligence to answer clinical questions.'; 'After the interview her answers were run through an AI check with striking similarities.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'One panel member later tested the questions on ChatGPT and noticed close similarities to her responses.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"All of the interviewers came to the view that she was using AI to answer clinical questions, and her answers were later run through an AI check that showed striking similarities.","causal_attribution":"The interviewers' evidence as the decision records it; the AI check's method is not described."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'it amounted to cheating and dishonesty'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'concluded that she had used AI to complete both the interview and the case study'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The tribunal panel found that she used AI in the interview and the case study and that this amounted to cheating and dishonesty.","causal_attribution":"The panel's finding, which she disputes; the decision itself was not read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She claimed she was not reading but rather looking at the router next to her laptop'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'denied using AI and claimed her repetition of questions was a reflex to ensure understanding'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"She denied using AI, saying she habitually repeated questions and was looking at her router rather than reading.","causal_attribution":"Her account as the reports record it."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The panel concluded that the appropriate sanction is a Striking Off Order.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'ordered her removal from the UK dietician register'; 'An interim suspension order of 18 months will apply during which she can appeal the decision'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The panel made a striking-off order, and an 18-month interim suspension order applies while she can appeal.","causal_attribution":"The sanction follows the panel's finding of AI use."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'took full account of the financial and other hardship'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The panel said it took full account of the financial and other hardship to her but put protection of the public first.","causal_attribution":"The panel's reasoning as quoted locally."}],"effects":[{"label":"struck off the UK professional register after a tribunal found she used AI to answer interview questions","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/health/surrey-healthcare-worker-struck-off-for-using-ai-to-cheat-in-job-interview-897277","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-01. Surrey local report quoting the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service panel's decision.","independence_group":"tribunal-decision-local-report"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://punchng.com/nigerian-health-worker-penalised-for-using-chatgpt-during-uk-nhs-job-interview/","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-01. Punch article dated 2 April 2026; it says it relies on the Daily Mail's report of the decision.","independence_group":"daily-mail-relays"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1703949-nigeria-based-dietician-loses-uk-licence-nhs-interview-panel-spots-chatgpt-answers/","kind":"news_article","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-11-01. Legit.ng article dated 3 April 2026 relaying the Daily Mail; same chain as s2.","independence_group":"daily-mail-relays"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["work","health"],"unknowns":["The date of the tribunal decision; the reports appeared in early April 2026.","Which AI tool, if any, was used; the local report of the decision says AI and the Nigerian relays say ChatGPT.","Whether she appealed.","The tribunal decision itself was not found on the HCPTS site; every claim rests on press reports of it."],"geography":{"basis":"The interview was held online between an NHS hospital in Surrey, England, and the applicant, who was in Nigeria at the time; the sanction was imposed by the UK Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service. Punch describes her as Nigerian.","court_countries":["GB"],"event_countries":["GB","NG"],"affected_person_countries":["NG"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a consequential response to AI use: a professional regulator's tribunal struck a dietitian off its register after finding she used AI to answer clinical questions in a remote job interview, as reported by a local paper quoting the decision and by Nigerian national press; she denied using AI.","reviewed_on":"2026-11-01"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sanction responds to AI use found by the tribunal: according to the reports, all interviewers concluded she was using artificial intelligence to answer clinical questions as she read answers from a screen, a later AI check of her answers showed striking similarities, and the panel was satisfied she used AI in the interview and the case study. On that finding the AI tool generated the answers she gave. She denied using AI. The tool is not identified in the local report of the decision; Nigerian outlets citing the Daily Mail call it ChatGPT.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"UK tribunal strikes off a dietitian it found used AI to answer clinical questions in a remote NHS job interview; she denied using AI","summary":"A dietitian on the UK register who was in Nigeria at the time was interviewed online in March 2024 for an entry-level oncology dietitian post at an NHS hospital in Surrey, according to reports of a Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service decision. The reports say the interviewers noticed that she repeatedly asked for clinical questions to be repeated and then gave fluent, textbook answers while her eyes moved as if reading from another screen, and that all of them came to the view she was using artificial intelligence; a case study she then completed was also judged AI-assisted, and her answers were later run through an AI check with striking similarities. She denied using AI, saying she habitually repeated questions and was looking at her router. The tribunal panel found that she used AI in the interview, that this was cheating and dishonesty, and ordered that she be struck off the register, with an interim suspension of 18 months during which she may appeal. Nigerian outlets, citing the Daily Mail, said the tool was ChatGPT; the local report describes it only as AI. The decision date and any appeal are not stated in the sources read.","incidentDate":"2024-03-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-04-02","aiSystem":"An AI tool used to generate answers during a remote job interview, not identified in the tribunal account as reported locally; Nigerian outlets citing the Daily Mail call it ChatGPT","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to reports of the tribunal decision, the dietitian was struck off the UK professional register, with an 18-month interim suspension pending any appeal, after the panel found she had used AI to answer interview questions; she denied using AI.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the registrant struck off after the panel found she used AI in the interview. The hospital and patients the panel mentions as potentially affected are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GB","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/health/surrey-healthcare-worker-struck-off-for-using-ai-to-cheat-in-job-interview-897277","primarySourceLabel":"Haslemere Herald, Surrey healthcare worker struck off for using AI to cheat in job interview, 14 April 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:10:32.451235+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-11-01T03:10:32.451235+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["professional-regulator","job-interview","remote-interview","striking-off-order","alleged-ai-use-denied"]}]}