Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Mental health had the traditional model. It was a completely nurse-staffed service and nurses could retire at a certain age because of the nature of the work. That created an almost impossible workforce supply issue. We have overcome that. The supply is much better. People working in mental health services now are working with a much better distribution of services where I think they feel a greater level of job satisfaction as opposed to the very traditional old institution they worked in. That is helping but we have a bit of a way to go. The disabilities area is fundamentally different. It is a very serious area to work in. I am a former social care worker and I worked in residential care. Working in residential care and disabilities, the demand factor is very heavy. It is heavy work on the body, emotionally and intellectually. The level of training for staff and staff support are much better. There is employee assistance support and the CORU registration of staff has brought the standard up to a very high level. On planning for community disability services, CDNTs particularly, the Government this year thankfully increased the supply of training places for therapists. My job is to make sure we provide the clinical placements for them, which we are doing.