Project WISE: Protecting NHS resources

December 1, 2025
SAFE – Security and Fraud Experts and Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be part of Project WISE (Workforce Integrity and System Efficiency), a proactive initiative using data and advanced analytics to strengthen fraud detection across the NHS.

The NHSCFA estimates that £1.346 billion of NHS funding is vulnerable to loss through fraud, bribery and corruption in England. 

With fraud posing a significant risk to NHS resources each year, we’ve joined forces with the NHS Counter Fraud Authority and four other NHS organisations across the South East and South West to pilot this first-of-its-kind initiative. 

The pilot is helping to identify emerging fraud risks and patterns, turning complex data into actionable intelligence that supports local and regional counter fraud teams.
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By collaborating with the NHSCFA we’re strengthening transparency, improving system controls and ensuring NHS resources are directed where they matter most - ultimately supporting patient care.


Andy Knight, Head of Counter Fraud at SAFE - Security and Fraud Experts, said: 


"Project WISE is a really exciting piece of collaborative proactive counter fraud work that is helping to break down silos, share good practice across participating organisations, and use data science expertise to prevent and detect fraud."


You can find out more about Project WISE from the NHSCFA here and you can read more of Andy's thoughts on the project in his blog post on the Our Dorset - Dorset Innovation Hub.

 

If you're a business owner, charity, school or public sector organisation and you would like more information about how SAFE can help your organisation identify, prevent, and investigate fraud please get in touch for an informal, no obligation chat.

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