John Cummins (Fine Gael)
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That would be helpful. This is quite a contentious issue in my own area of the southeast and Waterford in the context of UHW. The 2021 report states that the data that is there regarding STEMI is only related to the time from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days per week, and it states that UHW moved to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. five days a week. The second session we are having relates to recruitment. There are sanctioned posts at UHW and many of those have been filled. The backfilling of those posts is the challenge and that speaks to what Dr. Smyth has mentioned here in respect of getting that service operating from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, which is obviously a significant step forward in terms of provision. To be able to see the difference in the numbers is important for me as a politician who is interrogating that. I agree that data is key. It is key in every walk of life. If we do not have data we are not able to compare. What I expect to see in the 2022 and 2023 data is increased numbers at UHW. It has achieved that with less of a staff complement than what is in comparable hospitals. Does Professor McAdam agree with that?