Suffolk dentist jailed for fraud

Suffolk dentist jailed for fraud
A disgraced Suffolk dentist who cheated the NHS out of £78,000 by claiming for 1,700 patients he did not treat, including some who were dead, has been jailed for 18 months. Edmund Jaques, 64, ran a business called Home Dental Care Ltd and travelled to care homes throughout Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire providing dental services for elderly residents who were unable to visit a surgery, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

Andrew Shaw, prosecuting, told the court that during visits to care homes Jaques had taken away lists of residents he had asked for.

“He would take these lists of residents away and fill out claim forms for treating patients without having treated them at all,” said Mr Shaw,“On a number of occasions not only did he not provide treatment but because the population of care homes changed quite regularly, a number of people for whom he was claiming to have provided treatment had died.”

Jaques admitted fraud between June 16, 2009, and March 12, 2011, by dishonestly submitting multiple FP17 claim forms for payment of dental treatment in respect of patients neither seen or treated by him. Jailing him for 18 months, Judge John Holt said Jaques had been a respected professional who was expected to be trusted.


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