Earlier the inquiry lawyer Peter Watkin Jones said attitudes at all levels in the NHS have to change so that patients' interest are put first to ensure the scandal is never repeated.
This may be difficult to justify unless the method used to arrive at consensus (for example, the Delphi method) is clearly stated for the purpose investigated, and conflicts of interest are put forward, so as not to introduce bias to the outcome.
They were sure they were going to win, and their chief interest was putting the Conservative party back together.
Corporate interests were put ahead of those of patients.
"As a regulator, I will ensure that investor interests are put above the interests of all others".
It is this kind of access to politicians which means arms company interests are put before those of ordinary people.
When he became a Minister, all Sainsbury's financial interests were put into a 'blind trust' - a device which shields a Minister from knowing what is happening to his investments.
The war effort, in many ways, became the model for Fascist organization, proving what the nation could do when individual self-interest was put aside for a great cause.
Data protection is another topic where public interests are put above the rights of the individuals, namely the right to privacy [ 4].
This risks family interests being put before the individual's and group's interests.
But powerful international interests are putting the pro-growth, pro-worker experiment in progressive democracy currently underway in grave danger.
