Mr. Derek Tierney:

To add to that, the Bill does not distinguish between public or private. A patient is a patient and a healthcare provider as a healthcare provider. At a technical level, when I look at our shared care record, all information is up for grabs. If there is information a GP system needed for a person's care, we do not distinguish between private or public. We are giving effect to the Bill and how we get access to data, whether it is a publicly or privately provided service. I expect the private sector will be knocking on my door looking for publicly held information, particularly diagnostics and images, so it will cut both ways.