A man has just been jailed for 18 months for fraud on the NHS. He was a stop-smoking counsellor, paid £45 for each successful case. He claimed 2,017 successes in 6 months, the next-best adviser could manage only 75.
Nobody thought this suspicious. His deception came to light only when officials examined his methods with a view to sharing best practice
The judge was scathing: “This scheme has properly been described as pseudo-medical … an astonishing way to spend public money”
A spokesman for the Department of Health said:” We know that NHS stop-smoking services have been hugely effective in helping people quit”
So that’s all right then
