Mr. Martin Varley:

Everyone can understand the circumstances that we were in in March. Everyone was fearful as to what was coming our way. The agreement was entered into in those circumstances with the best possible intentions to protect the population and to protect our front-line workers. The agreement was hasty, but probably necessarily so. Where it probably fell down is that there was not enough engagement with the hospital consultants who would be critical in delivering the care in those private hospitals. The analogy has been drawn that the agreement effectively rented the aircrafts but did not enter into appropriate consultation with the pilots who were necessary to deliver the service. That is probably the main failure and the main lesson that we must learn as we go forward. Engagement across all spectrums with all the stakeholder groups is hugely important.