2020005

Request regarding False Qualifications data.

Published: 19 February 2020

Information requested

Please could you tell me how many cases the NHSCFA have investigated into the fraudulent assertion of qualifications by NHS clinical staff?

How many of these cases were proven?

What was the total financial cost of these cases?

and clarified on 19th February 2020,

  1. Please could I have the data over the last 3 years
  2. Broken down by year please
  3. Data from both NHS Counter Fraud and Local Counter Fraud separated into separate categories
  4. The cost of fraud identified to the NHS

NHSCFA response

I am writing to confirm that I have now completed my search for the information which you requested on 15TH February 2020, as outlined below:

Please could you tell me how many cases the NHSCFA have investigated into the fraudulent assertion of qualifications by NHS clinical staff?

How many of these cases were proven?

What was the total financial cost of these cases?

and clarified on 19th February 2020,

  1. Please could I have the data over the last 3 years
  2. Broken down by year please
  3. Data from both NHS Counter Fraud and Local Counter Fraud separated into separate categories
  4. The cost of fraud identified to the NHS

Attached to this email is a dataset of the requested data.

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