Ms Anne O'Connor:

We have a very high percentage of females in our workforce across all of our multidisciplinary services, including CAMHs. We try to cover gaps in service but it is not always possible. The provision of maternity cover is a challenge for us. We can often have a lot of staff on maternity leave at the same time. The approach, particularly in CAMHs, is multidisciplinary and we try to move resources around to cover. We do what we can with the resources we have but it is not always possible to cover all maternity leave.