Professor Anne Matthews:

We talked earlier about cancer services. That was quite an unpopular move in the Republic as well but was part of the national cancer strategy, which was strongly led politically and clinically, moving from local services to specialist centres. There is that public tension. It is difficult for a local politician or a politician with a geographical focus to answer that question from the public. It is also said that everybody wants a better outcome. They want longer survival for people and they want the specialist service. It is a really difficult one. Like Professor Heenan said, if the public trusted the overall planning and maybe the system, some things would go in their favour and maybe some would not but, overall, people would benefit. The North West Cancer Centre is probably an example of where people were happy to go over the Border for better care and more convenience than travel. It was trying to combine both of those. They are complex-----