The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7307 p44
10 July 2004

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Joint approach to tackle fraud

Under a new agreement, the Counter Fraud Service and Inland Revenue have joined forces to tackle fraud in the NHS. The two organisations will share information to pursue suspected fraud, particularly in cases where patients are falsely claiming to be unemployed to avoid paying charges, where staff are claiming sick pay while undertaking other paid work and where NHS staff are claiming for work they have not done.