Dr. Tadhg Crowley:

I think absolutely, looking at the subsidies GPs get, if GP practices were given the facility for looking differently at it, we could look not only at getting nurses but at getting healthcare assistants in and, in some cases, buying hours of allied health professionals such as psychology and counselling. It would not take a whole lot to look at that and actually alter the way GPs work. What we can do at the moment is very prescriptive and it is a huge aspect of something that could be done in the next couple of months that would provide huge supports to GP practices to cope with the tsunami they are facing. I will not say that it is a quick fix.