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There is a register of all patients and a very thorough follow-up. That is not universally the case; in fact, the reverse may be the case in many places.
As Mike Isaac and I said earlier, in a number of cases, we get to the end of the line and judge that there is no point in following the procedure. We follow it through only when we think there is benefit in doing so.
We need clarification, as we are all operating on the basis of newspaper reports that gave us nothing more than a figure, followed by a great deal of speculation.
Of that huge number of respondents, 91 per cent said that Northern Ireland should follow the example that Ireland has set and which Scotland is following.