Ms Magdalen Rogers:

The recommendations of the neurorehabilitation strategy in terms of the development of neurorehabilitation centres and whether all facilities would need to be located on the one site needs to be factored into the decision. There is no doubt in the strategy that additional beds are needed.

The roll-out of the national trauma plan will influence where those beds are installed. There is a question as to whether all of the beds need to be on the same site but there is no doubt that the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, needs additional capacity.