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They shared their personal experiences and concerns about the new model of care, and those contributions have undoubtedly helped to direct our work and inform our position.The Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health has responded to the committee’s letter.
I return to the point that, if you introduce new accountability tools, they have to be seen to be delivering, or the public will think, “You’re just trying to mess with us again.”
The reason why our members and others are pinning their hopes on a new commissioner is that, so far, we do not have anybody fighting for us in the manner that we need.
Can you give us a wee update on that? That issue has been in the news, particularly on the criminal side, because there is quite a backlog that needs to be cleared on the criminal side.