[Kate!]

A doctor’s surgery manager has been jailed for more than three years after plundering nearly £700,000 of NHS money to fund her mobile gambling habit.

Karen Evans, 44, falsified patient records to divert cash earmarked for medication, staff wages and medical supplies to her two bank accounts over a 15-month period. She then frittered the money away after logging into online betting apps including Sky Bet, Gala Bingo and Bet Fred.

During one session she won £120,000 and a free bottle of champagne – only to blow it all on other wagers.

[Oliver_W]

Jeez, if I won £120k I'd invest it right into property, how can someone even consider blowing it away lime that?

[thesheriff443]

NHS spends 9 grand a week on blocked toilets

[thesheriff443]

You never see a poor book maker.

[Kizzy]

Just shows you how pernicious addiction is, not trying to absolve her of blame however she was well positioned to seek help at any point.

[arista]

[Criminal Evans falsified patient records to divert money earmarked for medication, staff wages and medical supplies]

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[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Kate!

A doctor’s surgery manager has been jailed for more than three years after plundering nearly £700,000 of NHS money to fund her mobile gambling habit.

Karen Evans, 44, falsified patient records to divert cash earmarked for medication, staff wages and medical supplies to her two bank accounts over a 15-month period. She then frittered the money away after logging into online betting apps including Sky Bet, Gala Bingo and Bet Fred.

During one session she won £120,000 and a free bottle of champagne – only to blow it all on other wagers.

Another case of mis-management,Ide bet a lot of this goes on,she should be ashamed of herself.

[Kizzy]

It's good that this has come to light, maybe there should be more transparency when it comes to allocation of funding, it was public money this 'manager' was squandering.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

It's good that this has come to light, maybe there should be more transparency when it comes to allocation of funding, it was public money this 'manager' was squandering.

It's concerning for sure.

How this much could have been able to be siphoned off is astonishing.

[Kizzy]

It would make sense for funding to have at least 2 signatorys, or at least have a paper trail for any or all spending that can be externally validated?