NHS: Corruption and Fraud
(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing arrangements for investigating fraud and corruption in the NHS.
This question was answered on 15th November 2016
NHS Protect was established in 2011 to investigate the most serious cases of fraud, which last year cost the National Health Service £6.5 million.
NHS Protect is currently investigating allegations of fraud and corruption with a potential value in excess of £25 million.