Mr. Damien McCallion:

We would look at performance across a range of metrics every month as part of the service plan, about which we are speaking to the committee today. Each CHO has an operational plan for the year, which sets out what it hopes to achieve within the resources it has. Mr. Gloster has outlined the history to some of the variation in that. There is not a common thread. Typically, on the western seaboard there was more investment in community and less in acute services. It was the reverse case on the east coast. That is not unique. There are variations across mental health, disability and primary care therapy waiting lists. I have a report in front of me setting out what is called the heat map, which shows those achieving targets. It is varied across areas. We look at the resources there and try to make sure that each CHO is making the maximum of the resources it has.