Mr. Liam Woods:

Yes I will, and I may ask Ms McArdle to comment too if she wishes. That is a key priority for us. More generally, under the heading of what we can do best to alleviate pressure on the acute system to allow it to do what it needs to do and what it does best, but also to support primary care, the provision of diagnostics to GPs in the community is one target that we are very clearly focused on. From our point of view we are going to market specifically for the purpose of acquiring private diagnostics to support GPs but also to look at the use of public facility. We have recently looked at the access to diagnostics in public hospitals for GPs. As the Deputy would be aware, nearly half of the laboratory work at the moment in public hospitals is in fact from GP referral source. There is also access to radiology. The key requirement, which in our own dialogues with GPs is very clear, is that the provision of additional diagnostics and of dialogue with consultants and with specialists, is a key ingredient to treating people at or closer to home and not in hospitals. We are very much pursuing this as part of our own winter planning process for this year. Perhaps Dr. Rogers might like to say more about that in his own area.