Media contacts
Media Relations Officer: James Robertson
tel: 020 7895 4524
email: James.Robertson@cfsms.gsi.gov.uk
Fax the press office
020 7895 4329
Address:
NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service,
Weston House,
246 High Holborn,
London
WC1V 7EX
Out-of-hours media enquiries
tel 07717 851926
For all other press releases please refer to 'Archived press releases'.
29 March 2011
A Senior House Officer who deceived the General Dental Council (GDC) with a faked dental qualification and gained numerous NHS jobs over nine years, has been jailed for three years for fraud.
22 March 2011
A man who laundered money from a £117,000 fraud against the NHS has been jailed for three years (Friday 18 March, at Aylesbury Crown Court) following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (CFS) and Thames Valley Police.
25 February 2011
A Buckinghamshire NHS manager made up a care home - “Made House” - and exploited the identities of NHS patients to make up its “residents”, in order to steal over £117,000.
16 February 2011
A mental health nurse who obtained his NHS-funded training and bursaries using fake educational certificates has been sentenced to 18 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 2 years and 250 hours community service (Luton Crown Court, Tuesday 15 February)
28 January 2011
A former NHS worker who was mistakenly paid a salary long after she left the job has been sentenced for theft, following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (CFS), at Bradford Crown Court (27 January 2011).
14 January 2011
Three hospital workers have been jailed after pleading guilty to fraud against Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. It follows a multi-agency operation involving the NHS Counter Fraud Service (NHS CFS).
07 January 2011
The owner of two optical practices in England and Wales has been jailed for 27 months for defrauding the NHS of over £23,000 by charging it for services he didn’t provide (Shrewsbury Crown Court, Friday 7 January).
22 December 2010
A senior support worker employed by the Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust in one of their nursing homes has been jailed for defrauding the NHS of nearly £180,000.
20 December 2010
A healthcare support worker who systematically defrauded the Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust of over £60,000 has been sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment
14 December 2010
A woman who fraudulently obtained bursaries, training and employment from the NHS using a false birth certificate has been jailed for nine months at Basildon Crown Court (Monday 13 December 2010).
03 December 2010
A man who obtained work as a care assistant and mental health nurse using false documentation has been jailed for seven months (Wolverhampton Crown Court, 2nd December, 2010) after an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service
10 November 2010
Following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (NHS CFS), a former prison dentist has been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment for committing a high value fraud against the NHS (Liverpool Crown Court, Tuesday 9th November, 2010).
08 November 2010
A locum who defrauded a Newcastle hospital of over £23,000 by double charging it for his work has received a 15 month prison sentence, after being investigated by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (Newcastle Crown Court, Friday 5th November).
04 November 2010
A woman who fraudulently obtained education, bursaries, training and employment from the NHS using a false UK birth certificate has been sentenced to a total of nine months’ imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court (Wednesday 3rd November, 2010).
01 November 2010
Three health workers who between them defrauded the NHS of over £100,000 have been sentenced on the same day, concluding a trio of separate investigations by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (NHS CFS).
27 October 2010
A care home nursing assistant who made false claims about her education and immigration status to obtain NHS-funded training and bursaries has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months at Chelmsford Crown Court.
25 October 2010
A woman who lied about her immigration status to obtain NHS-funded nursing training and bursaries at the University of Bedfordshire has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, for fraud against the NHS.
07 October 2010
A nursing student and her partner who falsely claimed NHS childcare allowances have both been sentenced to 40 weeks’ imprisonment for each of four fraud offences, suspended for two years (Croydon Crown Court, 6th October).
06 October 2010
Two dentists who own a string of practices in the West Midlands, Merseyside and Scotland have been jailed for defrauding their patients and the NHS of thousands of pounds (Birmingham Crown Court, Tuesday 5 October).
04 October 2010
A hospital worker who claimed nearly £20,000 for shifts he did not work has been sentenced to12 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 12 months plus 150 hours of unpaid work and ordered to repay the misappropriated funds within two years.
16 September 2010
A woman who obtained her job at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust using false identity documents has been jailed for twelve months at Bristol Crown Court for defrauding her employer of over £97,000 (Thursday 16 September 2010).
08 September 2010
A bereavement officer for parents at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, who defrauded her employer of nearly £26,000, has been sentenced to a 12 month supervision order after an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service.
08 September 2010
A part time clerical assistant who worked in a London hospital, has been jailed for eighteen months following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (Snaresbrook Crown Court, Monday 6 September).