Mr. Martin Rogan:

Absolutely. There is little point in being admitted to hospital unless it is a purposeful event. It is a question of what the admission is about, what the care plan is, what the person's contribution is and what the staff contribution is. This is a statutory requirement. Therefore, all service users in acute settings must have a care plan. The people in the community need to have a purposeful pathway as to how they are going to regain their independence and recover and be authors of their own care plan in collaboration with healthcare staff. Where that is not happening, there is a serious failing on the part of the services.