Ms Sarah McGillivary:

The term dual diagnosis is itself a block. It has been politicised and medicalised. When we hear it, we think that we do not know it. We do know it. As Ms Murphy has said, it has been an informal undercurrent across addiction services for many years. That is another barrier. We think we are not medical professionals. We do not need to be medical professionals. We are not suggesting we are medical professionals. We do not come from medical backgrounds. We work within our limitations and refer to the appropriate services for people like Ms Murphy and anyone else who needs access to that type of care.