Mr. Brian Fitzgerald:

Certainly, it is a question of pressure on beds. It is also a matter of the opening times. Our staff come in at 7 a.m. They start at 7.30 a.m. and go through to 7 p.m. based on a shift pattern. In my previous experience, the typical start time was 9 a.m. or 9.30 a.m. with a break at lunch time and we aimed for a finish time of 4 p.m. or 5 p.m.