Mr. Michael Kelly:

Deputy Neville earlier asked about obvious things that could be done which would not necessarily take a great deal of time and which are reasonably well-defined. I will mention three such measures. Mr. McLoone discussed the funded workforce plan, which is fairly basic and bedrock. Another measure would be to follow up on the MacCraith report in respect of non-consultant hospital doctors. There is a well-defined agenda in terms of four specific things that have been identified and on which action must be taken. While I do not want to go into the detail now, I am not saying they are simple, but they are well defined. The position of psychiatrists has not been mentioned during our discussion, but the current gap for new or recently recruited consultants is identified in the report and must be addressed in some way because it sends a very loud message back to non-consultant hospital doctors training here or abroad. If we do not get that right, it will send a significant message to those doctors. It will not easy be easy to address but we must do so.