Mr. Nicholas Jermyn:

There are a number of types of contracts. Not to be difficult but under the old consultant contract one had category I and category II. Category II is still around, as are some category I contracts. A new consultant contract was brought in, with category A, category B and category B* types. What I can say is I think category A is a fully public consultant who does not engage in private practice and practises in a public hospital. Category B consultants practise in a public hospital or where there is a private hospital on the campus or a co-located hospital or where the employer is the same, a category B consultant practises and is allowed to do private practice on the campus, in the private beds in the public hospital. In our case, category B consultants also practise in the private hospital, which is on our campus and they are under our employment.