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Why is it important to manage conflicts of interest?

• To give confidence that commissioning decisions are robust, fair and offer value for money
• To maintain public trust in the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the NHS
• To protect healthcare professionals

Failure to manage conflicts of interest could lead to legal challenge and criminal action.
A conflict of interest is defined as ‘a set of circumstances by which a reasonable person would consider that an individual’s ability to apply judgement or act, in the context of delivering, commissioning or assuring taxpayer funded health and care

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