Fraud teams save health service £43m
MILLIONS of pounds worth of fraud has been prevented across the Lothians thanks to a specially assigned team, it has emerged.
NHS Scotland’s counter fraud service team said in the past decade it had managed the crackdown on a range of people who tried to con health boards out of money.
Across the country, £43 million has been saved.
Public health minister Michael Matheson said: “We will not tolerate fraudulent behaviour in our NHS.”