Ms Breda Crehan-Roche:

The Deputy was talking about regions. It is happening; it is working. With regard to the three chronic diseases, related to cardiology, diabetes and respiratory care, we have integrated care teams. We now have appointed consultants who are 50% in the hospital and 50% in the community. They are joint appointments. Next week we are to have patient engagement and service user engagement for COPD, asthma, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. We want to hear from those affected and their carers how we can do things better and give them the best possible care. There is an awful lot of joined-up work happening. It is really working on the ground. It is Sláintecare in action.