A cross-sectional study of all clinicians' conflict of interest disclosures to NHS hospital employers in England 2015-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We set out to document how NHS trusts in the UK record and share disclosures of conflict of interest by their employees.

Design

Cross-sectional study of responses to a Freedom of Information Act request for Gifts and Hospitality Registers.

Setting

NHS Trusts (secondary/tertiary care organisations) in England.

Participants

236 Trusts were contacted, of which 217 responded.

Main outcome measures

We assessed all disclosures for completeness and openness, scoring them for achieving each of five measures of transparency.

Results

185 Trusts (78%) provided a register. 71 Trusts did not respond within the 28 day time limit required by the FoIA. Most COI registers were incomplete by design, and did not contain the information necessary to assess

SUBMITTER: Feldman HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875639 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature