Dr. Clare Faul:

To clarify, the radiation therapists work on the machines. Professor Ó Laoide mentioned that they comprise a core group of staff and are highly specialised. Coming out of Covid, they are now more mobile. We have done an exit survey and got information directly from the radiation therapists on why they are leaving. Certainly since Covid, there was a rate of 20% in some centres and of up to 30% in others. There are several reasons. One is that there is an overall worldwide shortage of radiation therapists.