Dr. Amanda Burke:

It has happened in other areas, but the audit on medication chaired independently by Dr. Colette Halpin showed that 90% of young people had physical health monitoring. Therefore, it is an anomaly that has been identified. Reassurance has now been given that the young people have been caught up with.

In the bit of Dr. Hillery's contribution that I caught, he was speaking about the experience of young people who have to go to general practitioners and about the latter not having access to the medication. We are considering streamlining the process. For example, we have brought in physical health monitoring clinics for our whole region. They are holistic clinics that not only look after the physical health parameters but also give young people dietetics and exercise advice, so we are approaching it holistically. In each of the CHO areas, or the RHA areas, as they will be, we will be considering this in total. Individual teams struggle and it is easier to proceed in a group.