Information requested
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information concerning NHSCFA’s participation in the GovNet Counter Fraud Conference and Public Sector Counter Fraud Awards held on 12 March 2025.
“GovNet” includes Partnership Media Group Limited, company number 03307092, trading as GovNet Communications, GovNet Events or GovNet Fraud, and GovNet Limited, company number 15921571.
The period is 1 July 2024 to the date this request is received, capped at 31 August 2026.
1: Clue Software partnership
Please provide the final nomination, supporting submission and attachments for the “Clue Software and NHSCFA” Public/Private Partnership award entry, including any submitted record describing:
- the partnership’s purpose and scope;
- the products or services involved;
- its contractual or procurement basis;
- the systems or categories of data involved;
- access or data-sharing arrangements;
- commencement and end dates; and
- the authorising NHSCFA officer by job title.
:Arranged external engagements
Please provide any final schedule, event-platform export, appointment list or diary record of a pre-arranged meeting, introduction, demonstration or roundtable between NHSCFA and an event sponsor, exhibitor, supplier or other commercial organisation.
Please retain the external organisation, date, recorded purpose and NHSCFA participants’ job titles or directorates. I do not seek records of informal or unrecorded conversations.
3: Recorded follow-up
Please provide any final action log, meeting note, stakeholder or CRM entry, decision record, referral or procurement record expressly identifying follow-up arising from an engagement covered by paragraph 2.
Please retain the external organisation, date, NHSCFA team, subject, outcome and status. This includes follow-up concerning a demonstration, trial, procurement, contract, data sharing, analytical or investigative support, referral or partnership.
4: Participation and financial terms
Please provide the final:
- booking or registration records;
- speaking, headlining, participation or awards terms;
- purchase orders, invoices and payment records;
- records of complimentary or discounted admission, hospitality or other benefits; and
- existing schedule showing the publicly identified speakers, the number and job titles or directorates of other NHSCFA participants, and total event-related expenditure.
5: Event data sharing
Please provide the final data-sharing, badge-scanning or lead-capture terms accepted by NHSCFA and any record identifying:
- the categories of NHSCFA participant data made available;
- the recipient organisations; and
- any consent, opt-in or opt-out decision.
I do not seek personal contact details, general marketing, complete email chains, drafts, general delegate lists, publicly available agendas or presentations, informal networking records, operational intelligence, case information, investigative methods, underlying datasets or security-sensitive information.
NHSCFA response
1: Clue Software partnership
Please provide the final nomination, supporting submission and attachments for the “Clue Software and NHSCFA” Public/Private Partnership award entry, including any submitted record describing:
- the partnership’s purpose and scope;
- the products or services involved;
- its contractual or procurement basis;
- the systems or categories of data involved;
- access or data-sharing arrangements;
- commencement and end dates; and
- the authorising NHSCFA officer by job title.
Attached is the final submission for the Clue Software & NHSCFA award entry.
NHSCFA do not hold any attachments for the award entry.
There is no submitted record specifically describing:
- the partnership’s purpose and scope;
- the products or services involved;
- its contractual or procurement basis;
- the systems or categories of data involved;
- access or data-sharing arrangements;
- commencement and end dates; and
- the authorising NHSCFA officer by job title.
The award entry was authorised by the Associate Director for Operational Services.
2:Arranged external engagements
Please provide any final schedule, event-platform export, appointment list or diary record of a pre-arranged meeting, introduction, demonstration or roundtable between NHSCFA and an event sponsor, exhibitor, supplier or other commercial organisation.
Please retain the external organisation, date, recorded purpose and NHSCFA participants’ job titles or directorates. I do not seek records of informal or unrecorded conversations.
NHS Counter Fraud Authority holds no record of any final schedule, event-platform export, appointment list or diary record of a pre-arranged meeting, introduction, demonstration or roundtable between the Authority and an event sponsor, exhibitor, supplier or other commercial organisation.
3: Recorded follow-up
Please provide any final action log, meeting note, stakeholder or CRM entry, decision record, referral or procurement record expressly identifying follow-up arising from an engagement covered by paragraph 2.
Please retain the external organisation, date, NHSCFA team, subject, outcome and status. This includes follow-up concerning a demonstration, trial, procurement, contract, data sharing, analytical or investigative support, referral or partnership.
NHS Counter Fraud Authority holds no record of any final action log, meeting note, stakeholder or CRM entry, decision record, referral or procurement record expressly identifying follow-up arising from an engagement covered by paragraph 2.
4: Participation and financial terms
Please provide the final:
- booking or registration records;
The job titles of those that attended the conference from NHSCFA are:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Counter Fraud Specialist
- Director of Performance and Improvement
- Fraud Hub Case Management Lead
- Fraud Hub Manager
- Fraud Hub Prevention Lead
- Fraud investigator
- Head of Advanced Data Analytics
- Head of Operations
- Head of Operations and Engagement
- NHSCFA (no job title given)
- Proactive Counter Fraud Lead
- RMO
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Fraud Investigator
- Senior Fraud Investigator
- Senior fraud Prevention Officer
- Senior Governance & Assurance Officer
- Senior Proactive Counter Fraud Investigator
- Senior Proactive Counter Fraud Response Officer
- Senior Proactive Counter Fraud Response Officer
- speaking, headlining, participation or awards terms;
There are no terms and conditions sent to speakers by GovNet.
GovNet liaised with the NHSCFA Corporate Communication & Engagement team regarding NHSCFA speakers and the topics they would like to speak about / session details.
- purchase orders, invoices and payment records;
NHS Counter Fraud Authority holds no invoices, purchase orders or other payment records for the conference/awards.
Expenses for the period 11th- 13th March 2025 for conference attendance have been identified. I cannot however guarantee that this is solely for the GovNet Conference . The total figures are:
- Train – £2,812.40
- Hotel - £2,144.96
- Expenses - £84.78
- records of complimentary or discounted admission, hospitality or other benefits.
NHS Counter Fraud Authority holds no record of complimentary or discounted admission, hospitality or other benefits at the GovNet conference/awards 2025.
- existing schedule showing the publicly identified speakers,
https://www.counterfraudconference.co.uk/2025-agenda
- the number and job titles or directorates of other NHSCFA participants,
15 staff members from NHSCFA attended the Awards . Their job titles are listed here:
- Associate Director of Operational Services
- CEO
- Chair
- Counter Fraud Specialist
- Director of Performance and Improvement
- Fraud Hub Case Management Lead
- Fraud Hub Manager
- Fraud Hub Prevention Lead
- Information Governance and Risk Management Lead
- RMO
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Fraud Hub Enforcement Officer
- Senior Governance & Assurance Officer
- Strategic Intelligence Lead
- and total event-related expenditure.
See above.
No payment was received by speakers for speaking at the event.
5: Event data sharing
Please provide the final data-sharing, badge-scanning or lead-capture terms accepted by NHSCFA and any record identifying:
The T&Cs for data sharing: https://www.counterfraudconference.co.uk/privacy- cookies
Section 4.3 (badge scanning) Section 4.4 and 4.7 (data sharing with plenary & seminar sponsors).
- the categories of NHSCFA participant data made available;
Name, Job Title, Organisation, Email address, phone number. Mobile number, postcode
- the recipient organisations; and
Organisations that received information as plenary sponsors: Quantexa, SAS, Accenture, Experian
And as seminar sponsors where someone from NHSCFA attended that seminar Clue Software, AWS, TransUnion, Moody's, Mitek, Blackdot Solutions, Intelligencia, Altia
- any consent, opt-in or opt-out decision.
On the registration form, conference and award delegates check a box to opt in / out of communications from GovNet. This is laid out in more detail in the GovNet Privacy & Cookies statement here, under “How do you want to hear from us” https://www.counterfraudconference.co.uk/privacy-cookies