Freedom of Information request: 2021014
Request summary: Request regarding Information about suspicious medical equipment or medicines.
Request date: 30/06/2021
NHSCFA response date: 27/07/2021
Request date: 30/06/2021
NHSCFA response date: 27/07/2021
A search of NHS Counter Fraud Authority case management system has been undertaken. The type of information you request is not a mandatory category within the case management system. A search was therefore undertaken for the category ‘making/supplying articles for use in fraud’. A search resulted in 242 instances of this fraud type from April 2014 onwards.
To retrieve instances of ‘suspicious medical equipment or medicines’ would mean a search of each individual record. This would exceed the appropriate limit of £450.
The appropriate limit has been specified in The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 and for non-central Government departments it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours in determining whether the Authority holds the information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information. Under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act the Authority is not obliged to comply with your request.
Please refer to the response in (1)
The information is not held by NHS Counter Fraud Authority.
This information is not held by NHS Counter Fraud Authority
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