The NTPF has been an interesting experiment in terms of getting a better focus on the waiting list. The ultimate litmus test of a waiting list is when one approaches a person about having an operation and being told by that person that he or she has had the operation or no longer needs one. It is interesting that in its first year of operation the NTPF identified up to 5,000 people who either had had their operations or were unavailable to have one. We are looking to a further evolution of the NTPF concept in terms of the overall waiting list initiative to get a better handle on the statistics that emanate and the waiting list. The NTPF has been a successful experiment, although there is much criticism of it in certain quarters and there were attempts to undermine it from the beginning. As part of a wider approach to waiting list and capacity issues, it has been a successful innovation.