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Essex IT manager pleads guilty to £800,000 NHS fraud Published:
01 Jun 2021 A former NHS employee has pleaded guilty for defrauding the health service of over £800,000 by claiming he was procuring non-existent services from companies he controlled.
Barry David Stannard was head of unified communication at Mid Essex Hospital Trust (MEHT) when he committed the offences, which went on for seven years.
The former senior IT manager pleaded guilty to four offences last Wednesday (26 May 2021) at Chelmsford Crown Court, two charges of fraud by false representation and two charges of cheating the public revenue.
The importance of trust within organisations:
Concerns first arose after the trust ran a data matching exercise on its payroll and accounts payable records alongside Companies House records.
Chelmsford NHS worker stole more than £800k from Essex hospitals including Broomfield
He has pleaded guilty to the charge and will soon appear in court to be sentenced
Barry David Stannard stole more than £800,000 from Essex NHS hospitals (Image: Mid Essex Hospital Trust)
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An IT manager who worked for the NHS stole more than £800,000 from Essex hospitals, he has admitted.
A former IT manager for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust has been convicted of cheating the NHS out of more than £800,000 in a seven-year procurement scam.