This document offers a practical interpretation of the guidance, providing optional content to support organisations in amending local policies.

NHS England is publishing new guidelines today that will strengthen the management of conflicts of interest and ensure that the NHS is a world leader for transparent and accountable healthcare. The guidance will permit staff, such as nurses, to receive a box of chocolates or other small tokens of gratitude from patients but will require […]

This template for consistent declarations will help organisations and staff to manage conflicts of interest.

This template for publishing of interests will help organisations and staff to manage conflicts of interest.

This document provides guidance for the management of conflicts of interest in the NHS. It is applicable to Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts and NHS England. Other bodies involved in the provision of NHS services are invited to consider implementing this guidance.

We are living through a golden age of drug discovery.  Newspaper front pages tell us weekly of the scientific breakthroughs being made in cancer, cardiovascular disease and HIV. The pharmaceutical industry is incredibly proud of our role in pushing forward these advances to benefit the lives of patients across the UK. The story of discovering […]

NHS England is launching a major consultation on proposals to strengthen the management of conflicts of interest, clamp down on inappropriate behaviour and ensure that the NHS is one of the leading healthcare organisations in the world in tackling these issues. The six-week consultation is an opportunity for all interested parties to make their voices […]

Sir Malcolm Grant, Chairman of NHS England, discusses developing a set of principles to protect the integrity of decision making in public duty. To ensure that no individual should find themselves in a position where there is the possibility of conflict between their NHS duties and other interests, we have set up a special ‘task […]

List of members for the managing conflicts of interest, task and finish group.

Terms of reference for the managing conflicts of interest task and finish group.