Ms Anne O'Connor:

On gaps in services, a number of points arise. One of the things is that mental health has had the benefit of having a clear policy direction for staffing. We know nationally in respect of staffing compliments by each CHO how they benchmark against what A Vision for Change might say and whether these levels are particularly low or not. We also know that with regard to particular populations, there are different needs. It is important, therefore, to know that mental health over recent years has broadened out from just core adult child type services. We have a whole range of other services around addiction, dual diagnosis, ADHD, etc. There is a whole broadening based upon clinical programmes and evidence around mental health.

We have clinical programmes that set the standards.