The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7236 p219
15 February 2003

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Prescription fraud fee up

The reward fee payable to community pharmacists in England and Wales who report fraudulent National Health Service prescriptions or give information leading to an investigation into pharmaceutical patient fraud rose from £10 to £70 on 1 February.

The fraud reporting lines are 0800 068 6161 (England) and 029 2050 0500 (Wales).