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<p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) should take all reasonable steps to ensure
that employees, committee members, contractors and others engaged under contract with
them are aware of the requirement to inform the CCG if they are employed or engaged
in, or wish to be employed or engaged in, any employment or consultancy work in addition
to their work with the CCG (for example, in relation to new care model arrangements).</p><p>
</p><p>The following principles and rules should be adhered to:</p><p> </p><p>- CCGs
should require that individuals obtain prior permission to engage in outside employment,
and reserve the right to refuse permission where it believes a conflict will arise
which cannot be effectively managed;</p><p> </p><p>- Staff should declare any existing
outside employment on appointment, and any new outside employment when it arises;</p><p>
</p><p>- CCGs may also have legitimate reasons within employment law for knowing about
outside employment of staff; even if this does not give rise to risk of a conflict.
Nothing in this guidance prevents such enquiries being made.</p><p> </p><p>- CCGs
should ensure that they have clear and robust organisational policies in place to
manage issues arising from outside employment. In particular, it is unacceptable for
pharmacy advisers or other advisers, employees or consultants to the CCG on matters
of procurement to themselves be in receipt of payments from the pharmaceutical or
devices sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- All CCGs have a statutory duty to follow this
guidance and ensure that any person involved in making a decision on the contract
award has no pecuniary interest. Guidance on managing conflicts of interest is available
at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/revised-ccg-coi-guidance-jul-17.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/revised-ccg-coi-guidance-jul-17.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>- All staff National Health Service terms and conditions of service is available
at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/employershandbook/afc_tc_of_service_handbook_fb.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/employershandbook/afc_tc_of_service_handbook_fb.pdf</a></p>
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