Fraudulent dentists swindle millions from the NHS

‘Rogue’ dental practices are exaggerating and inventing work to defraud the NHS, according to an audit of 5,000 invoices by NHS Protect. Some practices were submitting false claims on behalf of non-existent patients, and others for more work...<<Read More>>

NHS fraud cases rise during recession

Anti-fraud operatives in the NHS are dealing with more than a third more cases than three years ago. Figures from the NHS Counter Fraud service show the number of cases of potential fraud detected and investigated rising over recent years, from 351 in 2007/8 to 482 last year... <<Read more>>

Dudley mental health nurse jailed for £25k NHS fraud

A man who obtained work as a care assistant and mental health nurse using false documentation has been jailed for seven months after an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service, assisted by the UK Border Agency... <<Read more>>

NHS at risk from fraud, says UNISON

The public workers union UNISON has said that job cuts could make the NHS a soft target for fraud. The union has therefore asked the government to go back to the ‘drawing board’ in its efforts to redesign services. Peter Chapman UNISON Regional Organiser for the Counter Fraud Service...

Student sentenced over NHS £26,000 fraud

A woman has been given a two year suspended sentence by Peterborough Crown Court for fraud. The woman, Fadzai Martha Zongoro, lied her way onto a course which was funded by the NHS and was then given a student bursary – the total of these two..