Ms Noeleen Moran:

No, even after expert teams had been brought in the previous year. At Christmas there was pretty much a crash where all services went into failure and a major internal incident was declared at the hospital. In early January, more experts were sent in to stabilise and support the services at the hospital. Yet, if you watch the trolley numbers, you will see them continuing to grow and grow. We are heading into another winter. Our main concern, given that these measures have not worked and that we had that catastrophe last winter, relates to the plan for this coming winter. What supports will be in place and how can we ensure that people will be kept as safe as possible, given the conditions this coming winter?