Mr. Paul Reid:

To follow on from what Ms O'Connor said, we are putting some wider supports into the community services as part of the winter plan. We see the winter plan as a key support to protect us in the coming months and keep our services running. We are providing further supports for GPs and community assessment hubs in the centre. We are also providing funds for step-up cancer services and National Ambulance Service supports.

I can confirm that we have secured a delivery towards the end of October of a flu vaccine, to be administered by GPs in the form of a nasal spray for children aged between two and 12 years. In terms of the flu vaccine for vulnerable groups and pregnant women, the first delivery of that was to GPs on 17 September. The vaccine will be delivered every two weeks for the coming six weeks and, again, we have secured full delivery of that.

On testing and tracing in centres, as part of our winter plan we are looking at the location of centres that we may need to step up. We are currently assessing all of that. We have a reasonable spread of centres with 32 across the country, but we will continuously look at the issue as we head into winter.

Regarding mental health, as I said earlier we have been seeing impacts and people coming in throughout the pandemic. We are stepping up our supports and Ms O'Connor may wish to comment.