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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many investigations by the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service are ongoing with respect to (a) GPs, (b) nurses, (c) hospital doctors and consultants, (d) pharmacists, (e) dentists, (f) external contractors and (g) others. [216139] Ms Rosie Winterton: There are currently 462 investigations being undertaken by the national health service counter fraud and security management service. A breakdown of staff groups involved is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category Number under investigation General practitioners 60 Hospital doctors and consultants 23 Nurses 35 Pharmacists 68 Dentists 86 External contractors 28 Others 191 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The breakdown shows a greater number than the total of 462 as there can be more than one person involved in any particular investigation 77 patients are also being investigated.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1903-4W;431 c1897W; 216139

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Complaints Corruption Consultants Dentistry Doctors Fraud Health professions General practitioners NHS Pharmacy Nurses Staff Counter Fraud and Security Management Service

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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