Dr. Avril Kennan:

It is important that we have discussions with the players that are going to be making decisions around this. We would really welcome that. We are not just here to complain, we can also offer some solutions. Through our member organisations we represent a large portion of the population. Our member organisations are very informed and engaged in these topics and want to see progress. We keep hearing about these barriers and it is really hard to understand what exactly they are and who they are coming from. We must remember that if we involve patients themselves in these conversations it becomes very had to defend positions that are not in the patient's best interest. I have seen it so many times that if a patient is in the room, it changes the whole conversation. That is the kind of thing we would like to see and it is the kind of thing we can help with. We would like to have conversations with any of the stakeholders involved in this.