How many frauds have occurred in the NHS?

The next year 418 cases worth more than £4 million were investigated and the projected number for 2001-2002 is 407 potential frauds costing the NHS more than £7 million. By January 2002, CFS investigations had resulted in 91 criminal prosecutions with just one acquittal.

How does the CFS deal with medical fraud?

In addition, the CFS seeks recovery of money lost to fraud through the civil courts. In addition to criminal prosecution and the recovery of fraudulently obtained gains, two further sanctions almost inevitably follow the unmasking of a GP guilty of defrauding the NHS.

What happens to a GP who defraudes the NHS?

In addition to criminal prosecution and the recovery of fraudulently obtained gains, two further sanctions almost inevitably follow the unmasking of a GP guilty of defrauding the NHS. The first is removal from the medical or supplementary list and the second is a finding of serious professional misconduct by the GMC.

What was the punishment for a GP for fraud?

In one case, a GP was found guilty on 10 counts of fraud and sentenced to 15 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years.

Who was the NHS fraudster jailed for 7 years?

He pleaded guilty to transferring criminal property, fraud and perverting the course of justice last October. He was jailed for seven years, and two NHS managers who assisted him were sentenced to four and three years.

How does staff fraud work in the NHS?

NHS staff fraud relates to a member of staff who fraudulently inflates or falsifies their income, expenses or working hours for financial gain. Staff members dishonestly making false claims for expenses and allowances.

How much money is stolen from the NHS?

Indeed, an astonishing £1.25 billion is believed to be stolen from the health service every year — enough to fund 40,000 nurses or buy 5,000 ambulances. Around a quarter of the stolen money is taken by patients in the form of prescription and entitlement fraud. Bogus contractors tricking the NHS into buying their supplies are also culpable.

Who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the NHS?

They were all convicted of conspiracy to defraud in July 2014 at Basildon Crown Court. Mulholland was sentenced to three years, while his co-conspirators were jailed for two years. Deborah Hancox and her partner, John Leigh, exploited their positions to trick the NHS into buying computer equipment from companies they secretly owned