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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.

London mental health nurse jailed for £61K NHS fraud

21 April 2011

A mental health nurse has been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for fraud against the NHS, following an investigation by NHS Protect (Maidstone Crown Court, Wednesday 20 April).

Lancashire critical care nurse jailed for £40K fraud

21 April 2011

A critical care nurse who worked hundreds of shifts for a private agency while on paid sick leave from the NHS has been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment after being investigated by NHS Protect (Preston Crown Court, Thursday 21 April).

Conviction for Bristol dentist who defrauded £77K

15 April 2011

An NHS dentist who recycled patients records so he could charge the NHS for treatments he never carried out, has received a 12 month suspended prison sentence for fraud, after an investigation by NHS Protect (Bristol Crown Court, Thursday 14 April, 2011).