Mr. Robert Watt:

The motivation is both the fact that damage has been done to people in the health system and the question of what can be done to reduce the incidence. Obviously, there is also the fact that it costs such a significant amount of money - money that could be spent on other services within the health system rather than on settling cases and meeting legal costs, which are significant. It is motivated by two factors but primarily the focus is on trying to reduce the number of catastrophic events that take place, which, as the Deputy rightly states, account for a significant proportion of the costs.