The term Fraudulent Medication Report (FMR) is used to refer to a group of related prescription fraud offences that are committed by a small minority of service users within Northern Ireland. Typically these offences involve the person(s) practicing some form of deception or forgery, or a combination of both, in order to obtain medication in greater quantities than originally prescribed or to obtain medication that was not prescribed to them at all.  The patient may either be obtaining the medication to consume themselves or to sell on to others.

It is the current position that all incidents of this nature will be examined by BSO Counter Fraud Services and the appropriate clinical leads within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group to provide assurance that HSC is meeting its statutory obligations in respect of patient safety and the safeguarding of public funds.