Dr. Grace O'Malley:

Our team is currently working part-time. We are okay at the moment. There needs to be a plan in place for the new hospital that will be established when the hospitals amalgamate. We need to have funding for a clinical lead - probably a paediatric endocrinologist - for the most severe children at the national children's hospital. Funding will be needed for general paediatrics as well because we currently receive referrals from multiple consultants in the hospital. All of this could be done through general paediatrics. We are the health and social care professionals arm of a service which, in the new hospital, will also need to involve more nursing and dietetic hours as well as endocrinology hours and general paediatrics.