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Do you accept that there may be times when contact is not in the child’s best interests? Is that not a reason for maintaining the position that the courts should do what is in the child’s best interests and not what is in the best interests of whichever parent does not have co...
I am not an accountant, so I cannot make this judgment, but there is something about being able to account for how the money from the public purse is spent, and that equates to best value. What does “best value” mean?
I highlight that we do not have a best-interests test in the 2004 act or in the 2010 act, but we have now incorporated the UNCRC, one article of which is about the best interests of the child.
That does not help us to be agile, given the size of our boards, and it does not allow us to spend that money to best effect in a way that is best for our patients and local communities.