Honesty, integrity and conflicts of interest

All doctors

1. 89. If you have financial or other personal interests in organisations providing health or social care, or in products used in health or social care, you must follow the advice in Conflicts of interest¹⁷ and in Good Medical Practice².

Doctors with extra responsibilities

1. 90. If you are responsible for managing and allocating funds or resources, you must make sure that they are used for the purposes they were intended for and are clearly and properly accounted for. You should also make sure that appropriate professional services, including audits, are commissioned when necessary.
2. 91. You should make sure there are adequate systems in place to monitor financial and management information. You and those you manage should make full use of these systems, including when awarding contracts and managing waiting lists and service plans.
3. 92. You must make sure that there are appropriate systems in place to make sure that actual or perceived conflicts of interests are managed in an open way, and in line with the guidance in Conflicts of interest¹⁷ and Good Medical Practice².