Ms Rachel Flynn:

Yes. As regards the Deputy's concern about sharing information, that is a real issue, especially at the coalface in hospitals. In other jurisdictions, there is legislation covering electronic health records which not only protects patients' privacy but also deals with consent, sharing information across professionals, and the use of secondary data for researchers. We do not have such legislation in this country and we feel that is a deficit. We addressed that point in our opening statement. It should be included in the Bill and built on the principles of data protection legislation, while going into more detail to allow for the transfer and sharing of data across different professionals that provide care. We have spoken about research data, but we need data to be shared at the coalface from a patient safety perspective.