Information requested
1. The category used to record incidents wherein non-staff have posed as staff in NHS trusts or at NHS sites.
2. The number of incidents listed under this category per year in England for each year from 2020-year most recent. Either calendar or financial year is fine, but please let me know which format is being used.
2A: Please break the data in number 2 down by Trust, where the information is available.
Please can you also share any intelligence reports on this subject shared with these trusts in 2025/2026:
Dorset healthcare university NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset county hospital NHS foundation trust
NHSCFA response
1. The category used to record incidents wherein non-staff have posed as staff in NHS trusts or at NHS sites.
The NHCFA has a taxonomy of fraud types for categories allegations. Incidents of this nature would be categorised as “Employees – Impersonating a Medical Professional”, which relates to someone presenting themselves as having medical qualifications they do not possess. There is also a category “Employees – Identity” which relates to a member of staff presenting with false identity documents.
2. The number of incidents listed under this category per year in England for each year from 2020-year most recent. Either calendar or financial year is fine, but please let me know which format is being used.
2A: Please break the data in number 2 down by Trust, where the information is available.
Attached is a spreadsheet which identifies the number of allegations received for each NHS organisation per calendar year from 2020-2025. There is one tab for each of the two categories.
Please can you also share any intelligence reports on this subject shared with these trusts in 2025/2026:
Dorset healthcare university NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset county hospital NHS foundation trust
I am unable to disclose any intelligence reports due to the confidential and sensitive nature of the allegations.
The information you requested is being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 30(1) of the Freedom of Information Act. In applying exemption 30(1) we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the public interest in disclosing the information. The attached annex to this letter sets out the exemption in full, as well as the factors the Authority considered when deciding that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.