Can meetings be held in restaurants?
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Events/Meetings and Hospitality
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Types of Events/Meetings
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Events/Meetings held Outside the UK
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Events/Meetings Organised by Affiliates Outside the UK
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Certification and Examination of Events/Meetings
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Health Professionals’ Standards of Conduct
- Clause 10.1 (22.1) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Meetings and Courses
- Clause 10.4 (18.3) Pens/Pencils and Notepads
- Clause 10.7 (22.2) Maximum Cost of Subsistence
- Clause 10.8 (22.3) Payment of Room Rental
- Clause 10.9 (22.4) Sponsorship and Reports of Events/Meetings
- Clause 10.10 (22.5) Support of Individual Health Professionals/Other Relevant Decision Makers to attend Events/Meetings
- Clause 10.11 (New) Sponsorship to Healthcare Organisations, Institutions and Other Organisations
The Code of Practice Panel is likely to rule any meeting held in an area of a restaurant, which at the same time is open to members of the public, in breach of the Code. A useful criterion in determining whether the arrangements for any meeting are acceptable is to ask ‘Would I and my company be willing to have these arrangements generally known?’ The impression that is created by the arrangements for any meeting can be as important in determining its acceptability under the Code as the arrangements themselves. It might be possible to use a private room at a restaurant.
Further information on the requirements of events/ meetings and hospitality see Clause 10.