Dr. Niall Muldoon:

I think it is feasible. We must remember to start slowly. We establish the concept and we make it work. That is what was done in England. In the last couple of weeks the committee heard from Dr. Sarah Markham. The concept there was to pilot this for three years and establish whether to go forward from there. Within one year it was known the model was working so well that it was established full-time. It would be the same here, in that we would establish it slowly. We should be able to create a system that becomes attractive to professionals to join and will also show its worth to the professionals who stay within CAMHS or within primary psychology because it is reducing their waiting lists through the work it is doing in the schools. In turn, that releases the pressure on teachers and allows them to do the many other different jobs they must often deal with. It creates well-being across the whole system. It is feasible as long as you build it up slowly.