Mr. Liam Woods:

By way of the background facts, the number of consultants has risen by 140 since the start of this year, with a further increase in registrars and interns of nearly 400. We have seen an increase of 526 in medical posts in total in the hospital system since the start of the year. On the question of delay in the recruitment of consultants, there is a process, as I referred to earlier on, that can be a bit lengthy. We are very keen to retain as many of our senior clinical personnel as we can. In fact, in a way, there is an opportunity at this time to do that that might not have existed in previous years, which we are pursuing.