About this season
Following the investigators tracking down the criminals who steal £1.25 billion every year from the NHS - from organised crime rings to NHS staff themselves.
Episodes (5)
1. Episode 1
Aired 4 February 2019 • 45 min
Investigators are on the case of a hospital worker who has stolen vital surgical equipment worth over £1 million to sell online. Elsewhere, a student nurse swindles thousands of pounds from the NHS to splash out on plastic surgery and foreign holidays.
2. Episode 2
Aired 5 February 2019 • 45 min
Investigators are on the trail of a global scam that has conned a series of NHS hospitals out of over £12.5 million, and a hospital cashier leads the high life - taking money meant for patients and putting it in to her own bank account.
3. Episode 3
Aired 6 February 2019 • 45 min
A locksmith sees pound signs when he is put in charge of a London hospital - and pockets nearly half a million pounds by overcharging the hospital for supplies. Elsewhere, an NHS manager dreams up a scam to siphon over £800,000 of NHS money into his own account.
4. Episode 4
Aired 7 February 2019 • 45 min
Investigators uncover an abuse of public money when an NHS manager and his friends conspire to take a quarter of a million pounds - money meant to pay for dialysis equipment for patients. Plus the case of a man who for six years claimed the NHS pension of his dead aunt.
5. Episode 5
Aired 8 February 2019 • 45 min
An accounts worker siphons £642,000 of NHS money into personal bank accounts, and a GP practice manager fakes emails to award himself a pay rise.