Mr. Robert Watt:

There are differences in performance by hospital. That can be a function of external factors impacting on particular hospitals or it can be a function of different levels of investment, staffing levels or capacity.

It is quite striking when going to some of the newer hospitals and looking at the facilities, compared with the older estate we have. There is a very significant contrast between the experience of patients and the working conditions for staff. We do not have a uniform approach, to reply to the Deputy. The focus is always on how to improve the services and infrastructure up to the best we can have. It is inevitable in a system that there are going to be variations in performance and experience. We obviously have uniform standards, approaches and policies but the implementation and the reality on the ground can differ depending on the area. We are, however-----