NHS: Fraud
(asked on 29th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was lost to fraud in the NHS in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 6th November 2024
The following table shows fraud losses in the National Health Service in England, for each of the last five years:
Year | Fraud loss |
2019/20 | £17,400,000 |
2020/21 | £12,400,000 |
2021/22 | £20,700,000 |
2022/23 | £26,400,000 |
2023/24 | £24,200,000 |
Source: NHS Counter Fraud Authority Consolidated Data Report.
Notes:
- figures shown in this table are gross losses that do not include monies subsequently recovered as a result of loss recovery activity; and
- figures shown relate to cases closed in the relevant year.