GP 'ghost patients' to be investigated by NHS fraud squad
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The discrepancy prompted NHS England to employ a company to start chasing up these so-called ghost patients.Doctors' leaders have always insisted the issue of ghost patients most often has an innocent explanation, such as instances where patients have died or moved without the knowledge of their GP. The fraud team will now carry out a full analysis of records held by NHS England and the NHS Business Services Authority, which administer the payments systems to GP practices, to see if doctors have been fraudulently claiming for patients.Investigators believe the funding system for registered patients is particularly vulnerable to fraud.
NHS fraud chief Susan Frith said the focus on GPs was just one of a number of priorities for the coming year.
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