NHS Protect - Tackling fraud and managing security

NHS Protect leads on work to identify and tackle crime across the health
service. The aim is to protect NHS staff and resources from activities that
would otherwise undermine their effectiveness and their ability to meet the
needs of patients and professionals. Ultimately, this helps to ensure the
proper use of valuable NHS resources and a safer, more secure environment
in which to deliver and receive care.

Moorfields porter jailed for £116K NHS fraud

26 January 2012

A full time hospital porter who worked illegally for the NHS for six years has been sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, following an investigation by NHS Protect. (Blackfriars Crown Court, Wednesday 25 January 2012).

Brixton dentist invented patients to defraud £109K from NHS

13 January 2012

A Brixton dentist has today been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for creating fictitious patients and fraudulently claiming money for treating them from the NHS, following an investigation by NHS Protect. (Southwark Crown Court, 13 January 2012).

Cleaning boss jailed for laundering £250K of NHS money

06 January 2012

A man who had £250,000 of stolen NHS money paid into his bank account, and spent over £100,000 of it, has today been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. (Woolwich Crown Court, Friday 6 January 2012).