Mr. Damien McCallion:

The local injury units were mentioned by the Deputy. We kicked off two projects last year. The Deputy mentioned one of them, namely the extension of the medical assessment units in terms of ambulance care. That is a benefit in terms of the hospital but also in terms of the ambulance service because clearly the ambulance is available earlier for 999 calls in Clare. The plan is to roll this out to other locations. Second, last year we kicked off a review of the local injury units to determine where we could extend the hours and where there is potential population-wise, and also to determine the scope of the medical assessment units in the model 2 hospitals. We expect that to finish in the early part of this year, giving us a platform for next year. Those two projects, kicked off independently of the winter pressures, are to determine how we can move patients more to model 2 hospitals or settings other than the major acute hospitals.