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The new arrangements will enhance the decision-making process and allow the views of not just the public but clinicians to be taken fully into account.
Essentially, NHS healthcare provision is a public service, so it must be publicly accountable, and that accountability is to democratically elected members.
Those who exploit girls can be held to account but, as we have seen in Rotherham, that is not always easy, as exploitation and grooming are not widely understood.
The inclusion of such a power provides accountability. Around 86 per cent of the NLS’s funding is provided by the taxpayer so ministers need to ensure the money is spent wisely.