Dr. Brendan Doody:

I would like to make a point about the way teams have been filled. As I have said, the first priority is to provide a full multidisciplinary complement. Given that A Vision for Change recommended that there should be a multidisciplinary complement, it is clear that certain key disciplines need to have two members present on the team. They are in place in some teams, but they are not in place in many teams. In those cases, there is just one representative of the discipline in question. Therefore, not all services are at the level recommended in A Vision for Change. In all cases, the team has the fully multidisciplinary complement necessary to provide a multidisciplinary response. The needs of children and families who come to specialist mental health services are quite complex. Access to the full multidisciplinary skill mix is necessary to provide an appropriate package of intervention and care. As I have said, the resourcing of services is not of the level that would have been recommended in A Vision for Change.