ABOUT US CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) MEETINGS LOCAL SERVICES YOUR HEALTH NEWS GET INVOLVED CONTACT US You are here: Home › About us › Anti-Fraud and Bribery Anti-Fraud and Bribery The Bribery Act 2010 came into effect on 1st July 2011. Bribery is generally defined as giving someone a financial or other advantage to encourage that person to perform their functions or activities improperly or to reward that person for having already done so. The maximum penalty for bribery is 10 years imprisonment, with an unlimited fine. In addition the Act introduces a corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery by an organisation not having adequate preventative procedures in place. The organisation may avoid conviction if it can show that it had procedures and protocols in place to prevent bribery. The corporate offence is not a stand-alone offence, but always follows from a bribery and/or corruption offence committed by an individual associated with the company or organisation in question. As a result, I confirm that NHS East Lancashire CCG will commit sufficient time and resources to the development and embedding of an appropriate anti-bribery programme to include: a commitment to carry out business fairly, honestly and openly a commitment to zero tolerance towards bribery the consequences of breaching the policies for employees and managers the avoidance of doing business with others who do not commit to doing business without bribery as a ‘best practice’ objective the protection and procedures for confidential reporting of bribery (Whistleblowing) to support key individuals and departments involved in the development and implementation of the CCG’s bribery prevention procedures Julie Higgins, Chief Officer What should I do if I suspect bribery is occurring? Staff should report any suspicions or allegations of bribery immediately to one of the following: the Local Anti-Fraud Specialist, Darrell Davies, Email: darrell.davies@miaa.nhs.uk Tel: 07785 286381 the Whistleblowing function NHS Fraud and Corruption Reporting Line (0800 028 40 60) or the online fraud reporting form at www.cfa.nhs.uk/reportfraud NHS Protect Bribery Act Guidance FINAL[1] (pdf | 206.5 KiB) NHS Protect Bribery Act FAQs FINAL[1] (pdf | 72.7 KiB) For more information to the standards the CCG use for your personal information please see the NHS Care Record Guarantee. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT FIND SERVICES Choose a service and enter your postcode SOCIAL MEDIA Shoppers to get more than they bargained for as extra vaccine appointments offered November 26, 2021 0 Look after your’elf is the message to children across Lancashire and South Cumbria this Christmas November 24, 2021 0 Top up jab bookings opened up for more than one million people November 22, 2021 0 It’s National COPD Awareness Month – do you know what to look out for? November 17, 2021 0 Health Equity Commission for Cumbria as well as Lancashire November 16, 2021 0 Tweets by @BwDCCG FAQS What does clinical commissioning mean for GPs and GP practices? So what are clinical commissioning groups? UPCOMING EVENTS Joint & Virtual (online) Annual General Meeting for NHS Blackburn with Darwen & East Lancashire CCGs September 7, 2020