https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2018/11/bribery-and-corruption-nhs-being-underreported
2018
"Bribery and corruption in the NHS ‘being underreported"
The NHSCFA calculated that fraud costs the NHS £1.29bn each year, in its annual report and accounts – enough to pay for more than 40,000 staff nurses or to buy 5,000 ambulances."
1. https://twitter.com/Maven1967/status/1339543746262777856?s=20
2. https://twitter.com/Maven1967/status/1339545466510426112?s=20
3. https://twitter.com/Maven1967/status/1339544882441048065?s=20
12. 2011
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12259527
'NHS fraud cases 'rise by 37% in the last three years'
13.
'Examples of NHS Fraud
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Below are a few examples of the types of frauds that are being investigated across the NHS throughout England Wales by LCFS’s.'
https://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/fraud/examples-of-fraud
14.
2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-48252897

'An NHS spokeswoman accepted there could be "confusion" over eligibility rules.
The British Dental Association said there was "no excuse" for so many "innocent people" to face such threats.'
20. https://twitter.com/Maven1967/status/1339571142844100611?s=20
22.
2014
https://esdating.standard.co.uk/news/health/former-london-nhs-employee-ordered-to-pay-150k-over-false-claims-of-racism-paedophilia-bribery-and-9610511.html
"Former London NHS employee ordered to pay £150k over false claims of racism, paedophilia, bribery and blackmail"
23.
2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48600923
"The NHS fraud squad is investigating GPs in England, claiming for non-existent patients.
Doctors get £150 a year for each patient on their list, records show there were 3.6 million more patients in the system last year than there were people".
25.
1999
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/544799.stm
"Types of fraud in the NHS"

"Fraud worth a total of £4.7m was detected across all areas of the NHS last year, with GPs and opticians the biggest offenders."
30.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-49119/Doctor-jailed-years-NHS-fraud.html
doctor thought to have carried out the largest one-man fraud on the National Health Service, jailed for four years. Dimitri Padelis, 45, may have pocketed up to £4 million by "systematically" swindling health trusts with thousands of bogus invoices.
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