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General Practitioners: Fraud

Commons · Question 16789 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Peter Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent fraud by GP Consortia.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Jul 2026

The Government takes fraud against the National Health Service very seriously and uses a range of measures to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud.We have a comprehensive Counter Fraud Strategy in place, supported by a coordinated, system-wide approach a...