Vets Back Common Sense Approach To Responsibility And Cost Sharing
13 years ago
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The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly welcomed the report of the independent Advisory Group on Responsibility and Cost Sharing, which has recommended a new ‘Partnership Board’ to become the sole source of Departmental advice to Defra ministers.
The Advisory Group was set up by the Government in September 2009 to advise the Secretary of State on how to implement responsibility and cost sharing in England. It was set up against the back drop of the previous Government’s plans to put animal health policy in the hands of an arms-length body, leaving animal welfare policy with ministers – an idea put into the draft (now discontinued) Animal Health Bill. At the time the BVA strongly opposed this proposal to separate animal health from animal welfare policy.
The Group’s recommendations move significantly away from these early plans and include:2556 views
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13th December, 2010 14h08
- a new Partnership Board made up of Defra officials and external members from industry, other kept animal sectors and other stakeholders with an interest in animal health and welfare and public health;
- no calls for an arms-length body;
- keeping responsibility for animal health and animal welfare policy together under the new Partnership Board;
- a solution that covers all kept animals (not just livestock);
- the rejection of the idea of a general ‘animal disease’ levy;
- a staged approach towards cost sharing, with responsibility sharing to be firmly established before cost sharing can be discussed.
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