Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I have in front of me the exact guidance from the medicines management programme. That is the system in place. General practitioners can apply using the online system, which they are familiar with, for approval to continue to prescribe for a three-month period. That does not mean that in every instance such approval will be given, because clinical judgment must be made. However, where it is given, it is given for three months and is subject to renewal.