Dr. Emma Curtis:

It was based on current activity and then population growth and immigration were taken into account. Currently, there is very significant unmet need. There are very lengthy waiting lists. Some 45,000 children are waiting to be seen at an outpatient clinic, of whom 17,000 have been waiting for longer than a year. There is probably a waiting list of between 12 and 18 months for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan for a child. There are significant waiting lists for children who are waiting for non-urgent surgery, that is, elective surgery. There are extremely long waiting lists, sometimes lasting years.