Ms Fiona Larthwell:

There are approximately 22,700 residents currently in the NHSS who are long-term care residents. I think there are 31,000 beds. Some of those are short-term beds used for respite and so on. We do not have exact figures on how many people who are fully private residents who pay privately for their care without using the NHSS. Within the NHSS it is about 22,700 residents. Approximately 80% of them are in private facilities, as the Deputy identified.