NAO Good Practice Guide - Tackling external fraud - HM Treasury

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Part 1
Understanding and managing
the risks of fraud
“NHS fraud is not a victimless crime. Every
pound lost to fraud deprives the NHS of valuable
resources it needs to provide patient care.”
Dermid McCausland, Managing Director, NHS Counter Fraud Service
In looking at this Part of the guide, ask yourself
whether your organisation:
l takes a strategic approach to tackling fraud risk;
l assesses the size of the threat from external fraud and, where significant,
undertakes a separate risk assessment;
l knows the size of the fraud threat/types of fraud committed/who is committing
them/how often/and how much is involved;
l has a package of measures in place to tackle losses from fraud where these
are significant;
l has targets to stabilise or reduce fraud;
l has allocated responsibilities for tackling, and ownership of, fraud risks to
ensure that risks are managed, plans are implemented and progress monitored.
This Part of the guide looks at how you can tackle some of these issues and gives
examples of how others approach these issues. As you read through the guide you
will need to consider how appropriate the practices are to your circumstances.