I often compare this country with New Zealand, which is a post-colonial, ex-Westminster run country with a population of the same size, overshadowed by a huge neighbour – in our case, Great Britain and, in New Zealand's, Australia. It has the same issues, which in some cases are worse because it is a larger country geographically. New Zealand has taken some creative and attractive initiatives. To deal with the regional hospital issue, the authorities there designed a state-of-the-art mobile operating theatre, which can be moved between hospitals throughout the country. Via an airlock, this links in to a local regional hospital and allows a considerable number of operations to be carried out. Not everything can be done, including, for example, heart transplants. The consultants are brought from the main centres such as Christchurch and Auckland to perform the operations and the post-operative care can then be carried out in the regional hospital.