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Upcoming Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Conflicting Interests in Healthcare: what they are, what do they mean, what can we do about them?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\"\" 22nd October 2026
\"\" Online event
\"\" 2-4.30pm
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Conflicts of interest can harm patients, undermine trust \u2013 and cost the health service more money. But working with industry can also bring benefits to patients, and the universities and government are often keen to support those relationships. So how do we handle it? For years we have been told that transparency is key \u2013 but supposing this isn\u2019t enough to stop conflicts \u2013 and might just be making us feel more comfortable with them?<\/p>\n

The Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare invites you to join us at a fully online event, on the 22nd October 2026. Join us between 2 \u2013 4:30pm to discuss and explore the issues created by conflicting interests in healthcare.\u00a0 Understand what impact these could be having on patients and the public, and importantly what we need to think about when faced with them. This event will be helpful for policymakers, clinicians, journalists, civil servants, academics, healthcare managers, healthcare students, academics, patients and politicians. Dr Margaret McCartney<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Founder and Director of The Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare, Senior Lecturer, and GP, has researched and published extensively on this subject and is passionate about the need to reduce patient harm caused by financial conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n

We are delighted to welcome\u00a0Baroness Gisela Stuart<\/strong><\/a>, First Civil Service Commissioner, who will set the overall scene considering why integrity matters in civic life<\/strong>.\u00a0 Baroness Stuart served as an MP from 1997 until 2017, working as a government minister between 1999 to 2001.<\/p>\n

Joining us are expert speakers and discussants<\/strong> who will explore conflicting interests from varying angles:<\/p>\n

Dr Sunita Sah<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> Professor of Management & Organizations and Organizational Psychologist, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business; Core Faculty Fellow, Cornell Health Policy Center; Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University College London Global Business School for Health.\u00a0 Sunita will explore the paradoxes of disclosure and the moral duties of professionals in a talk entitled \u2018Transparency and Trust\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

An \u2018Interview with’<\/strong>, David Rowland<\/strong><\/a>, Director of the Centre for Health and Public Interest (CHPI) and Rebecca Coombes<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 Head of Journalism at The BMJ, will be hosted by Dr James Larkin<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Together they will consider \u2018Why does any of this matter?\u2019<\/strong> discussing the limits of what disclosure can achieve and what counts as a conflict; discuss the practical issues related to managing conflicts in medical publishing; and explore how and why healthcare organisations can and need to divest themselves of conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n

An \u2018Ask the Panel\u2019<\/strong> discussion on Industry \u2013 problems and solutions <\/strong>will be hosted by Professor Kevin Orr<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 Professor of Leadership and Governance at University of St Andrews Business School and Dr Samuel Mansell<\/strong><\/a>, Lecturer at University of St Andrews, Business School. Panel members include:<\/p>\n