North East London LPC cleared of misuse of NHS money
North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee has been cleared of misuse of NHS funds by the NHS Counter Fraud Service.
Following a report last year on a complaint that the LPC had collected
levies from pharmacy contractors but not made payments to the Pharmaceutical
Services Negotiating Committee, North East London Strategic Health Authority
commissioned an audit report on the LPC. The SHA recently sent the report
to the NEL LPC and the primary care trusts within whose areas it operates,
but none of the organisations has been prepared to make the report more
widely available. However, this week, a spokesman for the NHS Counter
Fraud Service said: “The report highlights some procedural deficiencies
and lack of transparency and openness within the committee and with its
members and has made appropriate recommendations. The NHS CFS is satisfied
that from the information provided in this report there does not appear
to be any evidence which would require investigations to be carried out
by the NHS CFS into the loss of any NHS resources or funding at this
time.”
He added that it was now for the SHA to discuss the findings of the review
with the LPC and how best to implement the recommendations contained
in it. |
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