Recommendation 22

We asked the Department how with such a large number of potential and potentially significant conflicts of interest, within staff, non-executive directors or Ministers at the Department, they make sure that conflicts are identified and dealt with properly. The Department told us that this is particularly challenging for them, because health and care makes up about 10% of the economy, as a result for any relative you have there is a one in 10 chance of them either being an employee of the NHS or working for a contractor that works for the NHS.40