Mr. Liam Woods:

I will develop the point a little, and it was a point raised in the health committee yesterday. We have been successful coming out of last year to quite a high degree in terms of retaining graduates from last year, and that is a key focus for us again this year. That is helping us fill some of those roles and to reduce agency staff, which was discussed earlier. It is hoped in time it will help us staff the capacity to come. The nursing numbers in 2018 to date are up 1,300, but if I eliminate students we are up about 400 in total nurse numbers. We are recruiting additional nurses now. We still face challenges. The reference in the note may be specifically to challenges in areas such as theatre and intensive care where specialist skills are required.