Mr. Edward Mathews:

Very realistically, depending on the patient group that is available and what the research says. Every area of the health service should be staffed based on the what the acuity and dependency of the patients demand. That can result in cost savings or a cost increase but must be evidence-based because we have to deliver care on the basis of what evidence suggests, which can be publicly accounted for, and not on what the INMO or somebody else says. It is what the evidence tells us is the necessity for that patient. I wilfully acknowledge that there could be savings but it could also result in a cost increase.