Professor Cecily Kelleher:

Certainly, we welcomed the implementation group being set up with those who have the statutory responsibility. A reference group is to be established that will have membership from this expert panel, which we hope will be vigilant with regard to this immediate short term. We think we have learned something very important about an area that has not been given as much attention as the acute sector to date. It is an endorsement of the need for an integrated care policy going forward and we absolutely would like to see these policy recommendations acted on. I will turn to my fellow member-----