Dr. Adrienne Duff:

Yes, the authority inspects hospitals as part of the health and social care team. Our mandate is to inspect with regard to staff, occupational health and safety issues. We have no remit in the areas of overcrowding or in clinical care decisions, but as part of our inspection programme in 2023, we inspected more than 600 health and social care facilities. That included all the emergency departments last year. A proactive programme of inspections is planned for this year as well, which will cover health and social care facilities, including emergency departments.