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(asked on 8th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2016 to Question 48889, whether it is standard NHS procurement procedures to allow clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to double count members who are present as delegated substitutes for members that were absent in order to achieve a quorum when voting to grant multi million pound contracts; on how many occasions CCGs have acted in such a manner; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 18th November 2016

The Governing Body of Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) met on 29 June to consider the outcome of the assessment panels which had looked at the bids for the musculoskeletal services contract referred to in Question 48889. Three general practitioners present believed that they had conflicts of interest and therefore delegated their votes to other members of the Governing Body. The CCG assured NHS England that this delegation is in line with its Constitution and compliant with statutory guidance on management of conflicts of interest.

Information on how many times CCGs have acted in this way in order to manage potential conflicts of interest is not collected or held centrally.

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