The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7450 p515
5 May 2007

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Pharmacist convicted of fraud over stop-smoking service

Pharmacist Anil Shah, of Dearcare Pharmacy, Richmond Way, London, has been fined £3,000 plus £1,500 costs after being found guilty of three counts of defrauding the NHS.

Mr Shah claimed payment from Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust for stop-smoking services that he had not provided.

An NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service investigation found that he had claimed payment for more nicotine replacement treatments than he had provided and claimed payments for helping people give up smoking who had not done so.

One man who Mr Shah claimed had used the service had not received any treatment.