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Senior NHS staff have sparked a row over conflict of interest by accepting lavish freebies from drug companies and other firms bidding for contracts.
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday can reveal that senior managers, doctors and employees in IT and finance have accepted gifts such as overseas trips and VIP sports tickets.
There are strict rules preventing drugs companies from providing hospitality for medical staff unless it is in association with an educational or scientific meeting.
However, the largesse even of these trips – including conferences in luxury spa resorts in the Indian Ocean and Las Vegas – raises concerns that companies are circumventing the rules. More...
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Senior NHS staff have sparked a row over conflict of interest by accepting lavish freebies from drug companies and other firms bidding for contracts.
An investigation by The Mail on Sunday can reveal that senior managers, doctors and employees in IT and finance have accepted gifts such as overseas trips and VIP sports tickets.
There are strict rules preventing drugs companies from providing hospitality for medical staff unless it is in association with an educational or scientific meeting.
However, the largesse even of these trips – including conferences in luxury spa resorts in the Indian Ocean and Las Vegas – raises concerns that companies are circumventing the rules. More...
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