Mr. Tony O'Brien:

It is an issue of concern but it is important to stress that a proportion of those doctors will be persons who have been in practice as consultants since prior to the time when it became necessary to be on the specialist register. There are others whose cases arose as a result of the extended dependency on them, leading to contracts of indefinite duration. The underlying issue is how we get to a position where this will not arise in the future. The current review is to establish whether they are practising in appropriate areas, having regard to oversight by the clinical director on the relevant site, given that these posts are distributed-----