NHS boss is jailed for £11m fraud - The Times 27th March 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

An NHS finance chief who was desperate to meet financial targets was jailed for 12 months yesterday for a multimillion-pound fraud. Philip Neal, 44, the former director of finance and deputy chief executive officer of the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, admitted four counts of forgery. His defence said that he was under “immense pressure” to meet targets set by the Government and wipe out a predicted huge deficit.

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