BACKGROUND
DoH Director of Counter Fraud Services
appointed in September 1998 – now CE of the
CFSMS
The NHS is the largest organisation in Europe
It has more than 1.2 million employees
It has a budget of over £70 billion
It has 28 Strategic HAs, more than 300 NHS
Trusts, 302 new Primary Care Trusts, 22 Local
Health Boards
50 million patients who rely on it