Mr. Bernard Gloster:

The simple reality, as I have said many times in this committee, is that there is no hiding of it from anybody. The 2023 out-turn meant that the health service was running above its level of funding in terms of the staff it could afford. Therefore, previous commitments on staff have to restart through a controlled process and a series of service plans.

The two teams that will come on this year, which have been funded in the service plan, will bring it to four funded teams and I have no doubt the other two teams will be a priority for the 2025 subsidy.