Dr. Rosalyn Tamming:

I was just making the point that people should be able to access services while waiting for their assessments of need. The problem is, once they get their assessments, they are still on a waiting list. There is a little bit of a communication issue where families may think that, once they get the assessments of need, they will get the service and do not realise that there is still a wait. In the analysis we have done on our findings so far, and looking at the slightly better staffed teams, the service is shown to be slightly better. Parents are slightly happier, staff are performing better, there are more children on their open caseloads and there are shorter waiting lists. Getting to the initial approved staffing level first will certainly be a great improvement, but there will be more needed after that.

On the national access protocol, I am not sure. The point was made earlier about looking at primary care. It is really a whole pool of staff and how they are best deployed. That is a big piece of work that needs to be done.