Mr. Mark Smyth:

The reality is that if we were to provide the funding for additional counselling, educational and clinical trainees in September, those trainees would not be qualified for three years but would enter the workforce as trainees supervised by senior staff. They would provide an input and direct mental health work during that time, which is an added bonus and a service to it. I work in a child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS. When we take trainees onboard, it is a help to us. It is someone else who can work under supervision. They cannot work independently for three years, but we would get the benefit of them from day one once we increase those place numbers.