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1 July 2021

Former NHS IT manager jailed for 5 years for £800k fraud

Barry Stannard, of Chelmsford in Essex, defrauded Mid Essex Hospital Trust of £806,229 which came out of the trust's IT
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2 June 2021

Former NHS IT manager pleads guilty to £800k fraud

Barry David Stannard was head of unified communications at Mid Essex Hospital Trust when he defrauded his employer of £806,229.
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3 July 2017

NHS forensic computing unit helps convict fraudsters

NHS Protect’s Forensic Computing Unit (FCU) joined forces with Lincolnshire Police to convict 10 fraudsters who conned NHS trusts out
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1 February 2017

Man wrongly arrested for prescription fraud after IT bungle

The Brighton man expected to walk out of the pharmacy with his medicine. Instead he walked out with a police
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6 January 2017

Former NHS IT director jailed for corruption

In return for signing off a million-dollar IT contract his trust didn't need, Peter Lewis was secretly paid more £90,000.
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8 April 2016

IT specialist convicted of stealing hospital computers

An IT specialist convicted of stealing equipment from a hospital and selling it on eBay must serve a 250 hours
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3 April 2013

Retrial begins for iSoft execs

Three former senior executives of iSoft faced retrial today accused of ‘cooking the books’ to bury bad news about the
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19 August 2010

SAS helps prevent European health fraud

Business analytics software provider, SAS, has partnered with the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network to distribute information about how
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13 November 2009

Sweden and GTC build e-health framework

The Global Trust Council (GTC) is in negotiations with the Swedish government to create an internationally recognised e-health framework. The
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20 August 2008

Medical data breach insurance offered in US

Members of a US healthcare purchasing alliance are now able to take out insurance to cover the financial costs of data breaches.  The
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