This is a tiny detail, but if it's true it's absolutely remarkable that the official thought it was acceptable. Senior NHS personnel have to comply with the Nolan Principles of Public Life. For...
It also alleges that Palantir lobbied a top NHS official over expensive watermelon cocktails.
This is a tiny detail, but if it's true it's absolutely remarkable that the official thought it was acceptable.
For front line staff the rule is that gifts must be small (the example is a patient can give a nurse a box of chocolates ) and anything over a value of £50 needs to be declared.
There's statutory and mandatory training, provided annually, telling NHS staff about this.
This is a tiny detail, but if it's true it's absolutely remarkable that the official thought it was acceptable.
Senior NHS personnel have to comply with the Nolan Principles of Public Life.
For front line staff the rule is that gifts must be small (the example is a patient can give a nurse a box of chocolates ) and anything over a value of £50 needs to be declared.
There's statutory and mandatory training, provided annually, telling NHS staff about this.
Here's a hospitality register where someone declares a £20 breakfast bought for them by an industry newspaper the HSJ: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Q3-2022-23-Hospitality-Register.pdf
I haven't looked through the registers to see if this palantir event was declared or not, but to me the problem isn't declaring it, it's accepting it.