Mr. John Gleeson:

The Deputy is referring to ten cases. The process was under discussion between two senior clinical people - consultant doctors - about how to disclose. We had already sent the information to the receiving clinician. There is an assumption that the other nine cases were identical to the one that has appeared in court. I doubt if any two cases are the same, so I believe caution should be exercised. I am certainly not going to reveal the details of those cases.

We had disclosed. We had sent it on and asked that it be taken further. The commentary around that - and I will not speak for Dr. Flannelly, who is still here - was that this consultant sought assistance in reviewing patient notes. That was done collaboratively, and it was decided who should immediately be told. One does not know whether one of those reviews had changed anything or not.