Southampton University expert Peter Griffiths, one of the leading nursing academics, admits there are lots of unanswered questions, but he believes if the government gets it right it could help improve the quality of nursing.

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Would a former top business figure - say Peter Griffiths from the Principality, or someone with a strong background in academia and public service reform like Professor Sir Adrian Webb, currently a non-executive director of the Welsh Government - bring outside expertise and ethos despite having no civil service experience?

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