Ms Mary O'Kelly:

We are very much reliant on the graduates and the recruitment drive I discussed earlier.

We have conducted interviews and we have 30 people on a panel. They will express interest in where they want to go and we have to look at that. We also have an ongoing recruitment campaign. In saying this, the relatively short notice was due to extenuating circumstances regarding sick leave, maternity leave and attrition. As a team we have agreed we will look at this constantly. If we receive CVs, we will interview and recruit. We have a problem with the multidisciplinary teams and recruitment in general, but as we get more nurses on board, we will revise the numbers. If we were to get a cohort in the coming weeks, we would increase the numbers. We are looking at it constantly.