Ms Magdalen Rogers:

This is tried and tested. These teams have been up and running for a number of years. Those in CHO 1 and CHO 3 have been in place for more than a decade. There is a blueprint for these teams. There is a geographic inequity. We explain to patients on a daily basis that if they live in the CHO 1 or CHO 3 areas, they can access this service. That is not the case for people in other parts of the country. These have been shown to work, and to be very effective. It is not a recruitment issue, because the button has not been pressed in the context of trying to recruit for the remaining teams. The teams have not been established on the ground. They have not been recruited yet. It is not like the recruitment has started and they have not been able to fill the posts. There is no good reason why these teams are not in place. I will invite Dr. Pender to speak on the importance of that from the point of view of an acute hospital environment if we have time.