Dr. Colm Henry:

Certainly, I have seen for myself the direct impact it has on patients where there was no service previously or where the service had to wait until the hospital service kicked in. There are certainly huge benefits to an earlier intervention community-based team intervening at an earlier stage and providing end-to-end support in the way the Cork team does. We want to see this rolled out to all areas and the benefits we have seen and the learning we have had from the Cork team will inform the design and roll-out throughout the country. That is again subject to funding and recruitment. These teams are quite resource heavy in terms of the scope of the healthcare professionals involved.