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Fraud Awareness – the essentials
Certificate available: complete this course to be awarded a certificate
You should set aside approximately 30 minutesto complete this course.
- 25 minutes (Knowledge chapters)
- 5 minutes (Quiz)
This course will give you an understanding of fraud, bribery, and corruption, as well as the importance of taking personal responsibility to prevent it. Fraud against the NHS can be committed by anyone, and is often motivated by personal greed or necessity. Fraud diverts funds away from patient care and services, which is completely unacceptable.
Each year, over a billion pounds is at risk due to fraud, bribery, and corruption from a small minority of patients, staff, contractors, and suppliers. The NHS Counter Fraud Authority leads efforts to combat this crime nationally, while Local Counter Fraud Specialists work within the health service to raise awareness, prevent fraud, and investigate suspicious activity.
This course will cover the following topics:
· What is fraud?
- What is bribery and corruption?
- How much of a problem is fraud?
- Who commits NHS fraud?
- What are common types of NHS fraud?How is NHS fraud punished?NHS fraud cases
- The role of the Local Counter Fraud Specialist and NHS Counter Fraud Authority
- Policies and procedures
- Responsibilities
- Cyber crime
- What to do if you think fraud is occurring
Resource details
| Contributed by: | MaST Training (NHS England) |
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| Licence: | © All rights reserved More information on licences |
| Last updated: | 11 March 2025 |
| First contributed: | 27 February 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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