Dr. Jacqueline Montwill:

I did not answer one question about criteria as to whether a patient with suicidal ideation would be legally compelled in terms eligibility. We will treat our patients regardless, but this pathway will ask psychiatrists to assess eligibility for an abortion process and, I suppose, we do not have criteria. The problem about that is that while I can see from earlier today that one of my colleagues described that he has already certified children, at least under the age of 16, perhaps 14, as eligible for an abortion procedure, I do not know what criteria he used. Criteria for that assessment does not exist. I am very concerned. There was no indication that any of these assessments had been monitored, there were no numbers coming out etc. That is the problem here. We do not have appropriate criteria to assess what the Government thinks we can do, which is eligibility for abortion. We have criteria to assess for risk factors and the best practice way to treat our patients when they are suicidal.