PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Fraud (29 October 2024)
Question Asked
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.
Asked by:
Josh Newbury (Labour)
Asked by:
Josh Newbury (Labour)
Answer
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.
Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
6 November 2024
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