My Department is also in the process of consulting all stakeholders with an interest in the scheme for their views on how it might be improved to benefit the most important person involved, namely, the patient. It is planned to bring forward proposals in respect of whatever additional measures may be necessary arising from the expenditure review of the nursing home subvention scheme and the Ombudsman's report, together with experience gained from the operation of the scheme since its inception in 1993. The review of the scheme will also need to be looked at in the wider context of how we, as a society, will fund long-term care in the future.