Mr. Patrick Lynch:

The report referred to by the Senator related to a point-in-time assurance review of CHI's operational readiness. It was conducted by Professor Melvin Samsom, through KPMG. He is an internationally-renowned expert and has been involved in very similar major projects like this, including in the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. In fact, then, the report was not all negative. He really acknowledged that massive amount of work. There is a big team in there. Even Newpark Healthcare, our external experts, are advising the internal team as opposed to there being an external team running the programme. Professor Samsom said real and significant work has happened in things like the labs and the electronic records. There were probably a few things he did point out. At this stage in the programme, it said the work is really about hearts and minds. The technical commissioning is not straightforward. It is very complex. This hospital will only work because of the staff who will work in it.