The NHS Fraud Reference Guide - Third parties

This relates to a person or organisation not linked to the NHS but trying to gain financially from it. This would include a third party making unsolicited requests for payment from the NHS or someone using an NHS facility to which they are not entitled.

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    Payment fraud

    This relates to someone outside the NHS attempting or succeeding in extracting payments from within the NHS.

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    Usage fraud

    This relates to someone outside the NHS who has attempted or succeeded in using a facility intended only for use by the NHS.

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