Hospital chiefs at UK’s biggest mental health trust under fire after refusing to reveal findings into fraud investigation

‘Hospital chiefs at the UK’s biggest mental health trust have been criticised for refusing to reveal if it will publish its findings into a year-long fraud investigation triggered by the discovery of a £4m black hole that led to the scrapping of several clinical projects.

Earlier this year The Independent on Sunday revealed external anti-fraud specialists had been called in to West London Mental Health NHS Trust to oversee an “independent investigation” into how the Capital, Estates & Facilities (CE&F) department green-lit several unfunded or unapproved schemes.’

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