Ms Nicola Byrne:

I will take the second question first. It is important that we respect that the family is going to be the one, or the supporters, because people often have family who are not biological or genetic. It is very important that their opinion is taken into account, not in a way that breaches confidentiality but in such a way that they support the person to live their best life. They know the person best and they might have other parts of the story that help the professional to make an assessment on what the needs of the person are. We would envisage that we would have a contact person on the network disability team, NDT. That would be similar to the arrangements that happen in, say, foster care, where a social worker would be allocated to the child and a social worker is allocated separately to the foster family. There would be someone on the NDT who represents the family’s needs, rather than the family being left outside the door and getting a phone call to say, “I am coming home”. That may just mean they are able to leave in bread and milk for somebody when they come home from hospital and be part of the planning process. We do not expect to know all of the information on the loved one but we do expect that they are part of the conversation and that they can be part of the plan, so people can successfully leave hospital or that the level of treatment they get is at the right level and things can be planned for. Family is very much part of people's success. We do not operate in isolation and we need to be enabled to support people when they are in the need of care.

Will the Deputy repeat the first question?