Ms Siobhán McArdle:

I am happy to start. On the role of support workers, we recognise they are part-time and that there is a barrier to sustaining and retaining people long term in those roles and attracting new people to the role of project workers with respect to the lack of a career structure.

I will hand over to Ms De Brun who will outline the new initiatives being taken to develop a career structure and support people in their education and development in order that we can embed this model in the way primary care services are delivered.