Dr. Tony Cox:

We are committed to a quality service. That is what the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, IOG, do. We cannot accept a second standard level of service for our patients. The patient is front and centre in this whole process. That is what we are about. The ICGP has been working on the feasibility of introducing the services. We have a framework for a clinical care pathway. We have been waiting for the legislation, which is key and we welcome the announcement that it will be coming very soon. We will be able to map the framework of our clinical care pathways to the legislation that is coming very soon. We have been working away. We are absolutely dedicated to quality and to the safety of the patient at the centre of the process.