A firm that ran a NHS walk-in centre hired a top doctor charged with child sex offences and continued to use his services after his conviction.
In May, Dr Robert Varnam admitted making more than 200 indecent images of children.
Former chair Sarah Ambrose said he “deliberately misled the organisation” but had not worked with patients.
She said she only learned of his conviction last month and would not have hired him had she known he was facing charges.