tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post3124056275410859086..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Another cash cow for doctors to trough on!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-88331516242771893182011-05-23T10:47:24.694+01:002011-05-23T10:47:24.694+01:00Having had another look, the payment was £85 in 20...Having had another look, the payment was £85 in 2006 according to the Guardian.<br /><br /><br />NHS suspects fraud in £61m stop smoking programme<br /><br />"The Guardian has learned of inquiries in five primary care trusts in London into allegations that chemists have fraudulently claimed thousands of pounds, claiming cash rewards of up to £85 for each patient they help to stop smoking for at least four weeks." <br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/dec/28/smoking.healthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-34741733288086971792011-05-22T13:02:59.496+01:002011-05-22T13:02:59.496+01:00They did the same thing with nicotine patches.
L...They did the same thing with nicotine patches.<br /><br /><br />Labour Targets Created £90,000 NHS smoking fraud - 2008<br /><br />"A man defrauded nearly £90,000 from the NHS by working as a stop smoking adviser and signing up non smoking strangers to exaggerate his success rates and income.<br /><br />Harry Singer, 54, took advantage of the labour Government’s smoking cessation programme which pays doctors, pharmacists and community groups £45 for every patient they convince to give up for four weeks."<br /><br />http://www.healthdirect.co.uk/2008/08/labour-targets-created-90000-nhs-smoking-fraud.html<br /><br />Well at least we know where £90,000 of the £56million allocated to making people give up smoking went.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com