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    GPs' private firms grab NHS cash

    The Department of Health says arrangements must be in place to manage

    possible conflicts of interest, health reforms are mired in controversy over

    members of new NHS commissioning bodies who award lucrative contracts to themselves.

    In one case, a clinical commissioning group (CCG) awarded a £150,000 deal

    to a company created by its chairman.

    The revelations expose potential conflicts of interest in the first wave of contracts

    under the health service reforms launched tomorrow.

    Critics believe they will blight the 211 new CCGs and drag the government into

    a fresh row over its NHS shake-up.

    The CCGs replace primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, taking

    responsibility for designing and commissioning local health services in England.

    More than a third of the GPs who sit on the CCGs have stakes in private firms or

    organisations that can bid for work from the new boards. So do many practice managers.

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