| Recommendation(s) | High/Medium/Low | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Health Sector CFB to advocate for FVE reduction measurement to be included in the Cabinet Office Consolidated Data Return to incentivise fraud prevention work / local proactive exercises across health sector. | Medium | Health Sector CFB |
| 2. NHS organisations to reinforce existing Standard Operating Procedure / financial processes / organisational policy over the processing of payments through the P2P system and hold staff to account when the prescribed procedures are not followed. | High | NHS organisations / Director of Finance / LCFS |
| 3. NHS organisations to continue to promote the procurement fraud prevention campaign amongst staff and continue to reinforce mitigating controls. | Medium | NHS organisations / Director of Finance / LCFS |
| 4. NHS organisations to review and update policies and procedures in accordance with NHSCFA procurement fraud prevention guidance. | Medium | NHS organisations / Director of Finance / LCFS |
| 5. NHS organisations to undertake regular audits to ensure procedures are being followed. | Medium | NHS organisations / Director of Finance / LCFS |
| 6. NHSCFA to review and update its existing procurement fraud prevention guidance (available on the NHSCFA website), taking into consideration the outcomes from this exercise. | Medium | NHSCFA |
| Priority level | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| High | These recommendations involve matters of significance which may have adverse impact on an organisation’s ability to meet its strategic aims and objectives and which require immediate consideration and action. | |
| Medium | These recommendations involve matters of significance which whilst not posing an immediate threat to the organisations ability to meet its strategic aim and objectives may have the potential to do so in future, and / or concerns a matter of significant importance which requires consideration and action on the stand-alone basis. | |
| Low | These recommendations involve matters of less significance but which if addressed may lead to service improvements. | |