Professor Harry Kennedy:

What I was talking about was an office of chief psychiatrist who would be a contributory expert who would have some way of co-ordinating, directing and ensuring consistency among services generally.

For example, if someone is homeless and is rejected by every service because services only operate for people with addresses, one needs someone like a director of psychiatry to break through that. There must be an ultimate line manager. That person would also have the level of epidemiological knowledge that is normal for me. I am able to tell the committee about these numbers because it is my expertise. There is a need for that.