Table 3.
Management of conflicts of interest
Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 4 | |
Number of GPs or practice managers that are voting members of PCCC | One independent GP | One local GP (clinical lead for primary care development) | Two GP members of GB and one practice manager member of GB | Two GB practice representatives |
Quorum membership | At least three members including a lay member and either chief officer or chief finance officer or chief of service delivery and quality | At least three non-executive members, one GP, two CCG chief officers, chief finance officer, head of contracting and any two non-voting members. | 1 lay member, 1 GP, 1 executive member | Four members, which must include: chief officer or chief finance officer and two of the following: lay member (audit or patient and public involvement), lay person, nurse or secondary care consultant. This must include the chair or vice-chair. |
Hold meetings of the PCCC in public and publish the minutes of these minutes on their websites | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Independent clinical input | Independent GP from another area Secondary care doctor/registered nurse |
Secondary care doctor/registered nurse | GP members from different geographical areas Secondary care doctor/registered nurse |
Independent GP from another area GP members from different geographical areas Secondary care doctor/registered nurse |
Published register of interests on website | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Published a register of gifts and hospitality on their websites | Yes | Yes | Yes (blank, presumably because staff had not received any gifts or hospitality to declare) | No |
CCG, clinical commissioning group; GB, governing body; GP, general practitioner; PCCC, primary care commissioning committee.