Ms Siobh?n McArdle:

The approach to palliative care in the community is to have multidisciplinary teams. That involves a range of different disciplines or healthcare workers who support the individual and families. In some services that may include access or linkages to other services. Palliative care does not just sit on its own but also works alongside, depending on the patient, family or geography, as the Deputy said, or links in with mental health services, if required, or other broader supports. Are we happy we have enough? We could always say we could do with more. I know the services in the areas might say that a very important part of the multidisciplinary approaches is to have access to both psychology and psychotherapy at points in time. Is it sufficient at the moment? I would say there is room for improvement.