Dr. Emma Curtis:

Contractual matters are not my area of expertise. I am a clinician. The provision was included because it was understood that it was part of the contractual requirements. While it is a new hospital, there is an existing staff who have contracts. They will move to the new hospital. Although it is outwith my area of expertise, I would imagine that contracts will either have to be renegotiated or respected as they are. I cannot comment on that issue. What I can say is that there is nothing in the design that separates the eight-room outpatient area from the rest of the hospital. Its designation is operational.