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Hwang Woo-suk’s cloning fraud has not set back stem cell research - The Times 26th October 2009
"Hwang Woo-suk’s research was supposed to be the harbinger of a medical revolution. In the space of 18 extraordinary months in 2004 and 2005, his team claimed to have created the first cloned human embryo, and then to have produced cloned embryonic stem (ES) cells, apparently paving the way for a new era of regenerative therapy. "
Smoker helps to bust fake cigarettes racket - Manchester Evening News 12th October 2009
"A WOMAN was left with a sore mouth after allegedly smoking fake cigarettes bought from a bargain store.
The woman's husband contacted trading standards officers claiming suspect cigarettes he had purchased for her from the shop had caused her to need medical treatment for an ulcerated mouth. "
NHS embraces 'legal bete noire' - BBC Health News 8th October 2009
"The NHS is turning to no win, no fee legal representation - despite being a persistent critic of the practice.
The health service has spent the last few years complaining the no win, no fee culture has led to a rise in costs incurred in medical negligence cases. "
Spit for money: South Africa's illegal trade in TB-infected saliva - The Guardian 17th September 2009
South Africans in an impoverished township are profiting from an illegal trade in a precious new currency ‑ saliva.
Tuberculosis sufferers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, were found to be selling samples of their sputum to healthy people to pass off as their own in a scam to gain medical grants.
Space age technology used to spot fake medicines - Daily Telegraph 8th September 2009
Space-age technology is being used in a new, quick way of detecting fake pharmaceuticals, the University of Leicester said.
Hospital boss wrongly accused of fraud says bungled police investigation has wrecked his life - Daily Telegraph 26th August 2009
The former chief executive of a hospital has launched a furious attack on police after being falsely accused of a £2.5 million fraud.
NHS East Lancashire joins fight against counterfeit cigarettes - Lancashire Telegraph 27th February 2009
COUNTERFEIT cigarettes flooding into Lancashire are putting smokers at even bigger health risks, and helping children become hooked, experts said.
Trading Standards officers in Lancashire have seized almost 1,000 packets of fake cigarettes and tobacco in the last year, but say this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Disability fraud probe into kids entertainer Wavey Davey - Liverpool Echo 6th February 2009
A CHILDREN’S entertainer and gym teacher is being investigated over allegations he fraudulently pocketed thousands of pounds of disability living allowance.
David Simpson, better known as “Wavey Davey”, was arrested and questioned about government hand-outs.
Liverpool man jailed over £250k bogus dive treatments - Liverpool Daily Post 5th February 2009
A LIVERPOOL man has been sent to prison for his part in swindling £250,000 from the NHS for treating bogus cases of the bends.
Michael Brass, 45, and David Welsh, 51, from Plymstock, Devon, paid strangers to pose as divers needing decompression treatment.
NHS sunk £250,000 into diving man’s bends con - The Times 5th February 2009
A man recruited people who could not even swim to pose as divers suffering from the bends in a £250,000 swindle.
David Welsh was able to claim up to £6,500 from the NHS for every diver he treated in a decompression chamber at his diving centre at Fort Bovisand in Plymouth.
Thousands 'have taken fake drugs' - BBC Health News 3rd February 2009
Thirty-thousand packs of fake life-saving drugs may have been consumed by NHS patients, the BBC has learned.
A senior official from the government's medicines watchdog said the case must lead to tightening of the law.
NHS fraudster fined £5,000 - Manchester Evening News 30th January 2009
AN NHS worker has been sacked and ordered to pay out more than £5,000 after falsely claiming travel expenses.
Mark Ashton cheated East Cheshire NHS Trust out of more than £1,000 by claiming mileage for made-up journeys.
Ashton, 50, of London Road South, Poynton, who had worked as a fire and risk assessment officer for the trust since 2001, admitted fraud by false representation at Macclesfield magistrates court.
Carer 'had affair with Parkinson's sufferer's husband then assumed her identity' - The Telegraph 26th January 2009
A carer employed to look after a woman suffering Parkinson's disease had an affair with her patient's husband then assumed the woman's identity in an attempt to gain money from the sale of her home, a court heard.
Crooked dentist is spared prison - Liverpool Daily Post 17th January 2009
A MERSEYSIDE dentist who earned £125,000 a year was branded a “complete catastrophe” by a judge yesterday after inventing non-existent patients to falsely claim even more money.
Robert Nolan also claimed payment for high-value work he had never carried out on genuine patients.
Fraud dentist spared prison - Liverpool Echo 17th January 2009
A MERSEYSIDE dentist who claimed payment for fake patients has been spared jail.
Robert Nolan made up patients to falsely claim cash from the Dental Practice Board.
The £125,000-a-year dentist, who has run a practice in Great Homer Street, Liverpool, since 1990, also claimed payments for high-value work he never carried out on genuine patients.
Man coughs up rat in advert warning over fake drugs - The Telegraph 15th January 2009
A man is seen coughing up a dead rat in an advert to warn against the dangers of buying drugs over the internet.
Midwife’s £30k con on benefit - Liverpool Echo 6th January 2009
A MUM-OF-SEVEN who claimed more than £30,000 while working as a midwife was spared prison.
Joan McDonald claimed she was caring for her children alone to falsely claim a string of benefits.
Over more than five years the 40-year-old scammed thousands from the public purse.
Health fears grow as fake drugs flood into Britain - The Observer 4th January 2008
Counterfeiting gangs based in China are producing sophisticated copies of the world's bestselling pharmaceuticals. In 2008 an estimated 8m of these potentially deadly pills found their way to NHS patients. The health of millions of people is at risk
NHS funds 'used to import horse sperm' - The Independent on Sunday 7th December 2008
Police investigate allegation that hospital manager imported equine semen for her stud farm, claiming it was for human IVF treatment
No action over NHS ‘fraud’ allegations - Liverpool Daily Post 3rd December 2008
AN NHS counter-fraud investigation centred around one of Merseyside’s most prominent businessmen and public figures has found there was insufficient evidence to bring any charges.
The NHS Counter Fraud Service launched an investigation into allegations against Roy Morris, former chief executive of investment firm Rathbones Brothers and a deputy Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside in September.
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