NHS Counter Fraud experts have warned that fraudsters are impersonating patients in order to dupe GPs into providing evidence of ill health in order to make bogus holiday travel insurance claims.
Read the alert from the NHS England & NHS Improvement London Counter Fraud Team.
If you experience a similar incident, please report the matter to your local constabulary or to Action Fraud at https://www.actionfraud.police.uk
Suspicions of fraud against the NHS can also be reported anonymously and confidentially at https://cfa.nhs.uk/reportfraud or by calling the 24-hour fraud and corruption reporting line on: 0800 028 4060.
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