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<br /><p>The Department is undertaking a major piece of work to examine and identify
areas for improvement in all the administrative systems relating to European Economic
Area healthcare payments (incoming and outgoing), including the European Health Insurance
Card (EHIC) scheme.</p><br /><p>If an EHIC is used fraudulently, the Department will
seek to recover the full cost of treatment from the card holder.</p><br /><p>The Department
takes any allegations of fraud and abuse seriously and has been working with the NHS
on an on-going basis to detect and tackle any suspected fraud and error since the
introduction of the online EHIC application system in 2006.</p>
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