Mr. John Gleeson:

I wrote it in the context of the HSE's open disclosure policy, with which I am required to comply and in which a specific clause states that clinical judgment can be exercised. We were not in a position to override a doctor's clinical judgment and tell him or her to do anything. We told doctors to comply with the policy. That is what the wording meant. We were not trying to give them a way out. We were just trying to be consistent with the overall policy.