Ms Anne Coyle:

Yes. Dermatology, for example, was an area that we were looking to focus on. Initially, we continued the initiatives that were scheduled. We did not disrupt people's appointments, and we continued that at a cost to the hospital. We then looked, particularly around our dermatology waiting list, at different approaches to our use of, for example, our minor procedure rooms in St. Joseph's for dermatology. Those combined actions that we took allowed us to deliver more activity within our existing resources and to drive efficiencies for dermatology. Dermatology will achieve the waiting list action of nobody waiting longer than 12 months by the end of this year. We are on track for that.

We did a lot of work as part of our management of internal patient flows which meant that we minimised disruption of endoscopy procedures. We continue to ensure that patients who require an urgent endoscopy are treated within the 28 days. Again, there is a gap. The number of referrals that are coming in for endoscopy exceeds our capacity to deliver that, regardless of whether the funding was suspended by the NTPF or not.