Mr. Paul Longmore:

I want to go back to the Deputy’s first question in regard to resources. To make a further point, there seems to be general acknowledgement of the need for further resourcing of mental health services but we also need to get best value from the resources already in place. We spoke earlier about having multiple tiers of support and service available at a universal level and at a population health level, as well as in primary care and specialist services. I also believe that what we need is better integration across those different levels of service provision and better integration between the community and voluntary sector and statutory services. In some communities and localities this worked extremely well but it could be more consistent. The better the integration between services, the more likely it is that a person who presents to any point of the service system will be facilitated to get to the service they need in a timely fashion. That is another important matter for us to bear in mind when we think about resourcing in that we need to get the best use of existing resources in addition to the need for further resources.