A senior nurse, Cherith Douglas who defrauded more than £10,000 from the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment. The nurse was also sentenced to a further 9 months imprisonment for the separate offence of obtaining employment in a private nursing home using forged references. Cherith Douglas entered guilty […]
Read More →This month Counter Fraud Services (CFS) will join hundreds of organisations across the world in a global campaign to raise awareness of fraud and highlight the importance of fraud prevention. Did you know fraud is now the crime you are most likely to experience during your lifetime? Fraud can be a hidden crime, as fraudsters […]
Read More →Everyone has a responsibility to prevent fraud in our Health Service said the Assistant Director of the Counter Fraud Services (CFS). Speaking at the start of International Fraud Awareness Week CFS Assistant Director Donna Scott said: “The services of the Health and Social Care (HSC) are used by us all and we must work together […]
Read More →A service user who was convicted of defrauding the health service by claiming over £9,000 in false expenses has been handed a 4 month custodial sentence at Enniskillen Magistrates Court. At a previous court hearing Vincent Barlow (53) of Florencecourt, Enniskillen was found guilty of fraud by false representation and resisting police after dishonestly claiming […]
Read More →DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 13 November 2017 Fraud in our health and social care system is not a victimless crime. Fraud will not be tolerated within our health and social care system. That is the message from the Business Services Organisation (BSO) as they lend their support to International Fraud Awareness Week (12-18 November 2017). Liam McIvor, […]
Read More →DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 25 September 2017 Operation Pangea X – Tens of Thousands of Illicit Drugs Seized The Department of Health (DoH) has revealed the seizure of tens of thousands of illegally imported and unauthorised medicines in Northern Ireland during INTERPOL’s coordinated international operation, known as Operation Pangea X. The operation which took place between […]
Read More →DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 30 June 2017 A County Down GP was sentenced today at Downpatrick Crown Court to two years imprisonment suspended for two years in relation to 29 counts of fraud by abuse of position and false representation, unlawful possession of controlled drugs and failure to properly keep a Controlled Drugs Register. Dr Thomas […]
Read More →An attempt to fraudulently order a prescription drug was prevented when pharmacists became suspicious of a doctor’s signature. Eddie Cowley aka Gallagher (25) of Scarva Walk, Banbridge pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation on October 7, 2014. The accused had been brought before Newry magistrates on a bench warrant as he had missed a […]
Read More →DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 16 November 2016 We all pay the price for fraud against the health service That is the message from the Business Services Organisation (BSO) as they lend their support to International Fraud Awareness Week (13 – 19 November 2016) along with their colleagues in NHS Protect (England and Wales) and NHS Scotland Counter […]
Read More →A GP receptionist who created prescriptions without authorisation received an Adult Caution on 03 June 2015 following an investigation by Counter Fraud Services. Michelle Cupples of 16 Bramcote Street, Belfast was cautioned for three offences under the Fraud Act (2006), having created a number of prescriptions and presented these to Community Pharmacies to obtain medication. […]
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