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Recommendation 4
4
Accepted
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Bring in secondary legislation swiftly for register of industry payments to clinicians
Recommendation
Although the Government has also given itself the powers to set up a register of industry payments to clinicians, no decision has been made yet about how to implement it, and officials were not able to share a plan of when the register would be active. A register would provide transparency and reassurance, and we urge the Government to move at pace to bring in the necessary secondary legislation to set this up.
Government Response Summary
The government committed to launching a six-week UK-wide public consultation in Spring 2023 to gather public and industry views on potentially introducing regulations to mandate the reporting of industry payments and benefits to clinicians.
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30
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
. healthcare organisations, individual clinicians, and linked recipients, including medical charities, professional bodies, and research institutions. We aim to launch a six-week public consultation in Spring 2023 to seek public and industry views on the potential to introduce regulations mandating the reporting of such payments and benefits. should regulations be introduced. The policy in this area is devolved but we have reached agreement with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to run a UK-wide consultation. UK and will require consent from the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Senedd and the Northern Ireland Assembly.