Mr. Edward Mathews:

There is a transitionary period within the delivery of health services. Our vision is for a publicly delivered primary acute mental health and social care service. It is within that context that we have recommended the public-only contract. We believe that if the goal is to have delivery of an organised and integrated service where everybody is rowing in the same direction under the same policy, we cannot have people who are not within that service. That is our view. We do see a transitionary issue arising in terms of eligibility, but we want to move towards universal eligibility within the primary health system. That is how we would address the issue.