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That involves early conversations, working to a discharge date, rather than working from a delayed date once people are already delayed in the system, and ensuring that we have a flow through from that conversation to robust community services.
It is hard to put a figure on it, but I think that it is more than 80 per cent complete; it is certainly near finalisation. I think that the launch date is May—Nora Senior will correct me if I am wrong.
Every benefit that has been launched to date has had, and every benefit that we will launch in the future will have, a communication strategy that looks at marketing channels and what works best.
We very much welcome the committee’s pre-budget scrutiny and appreciate the work that it has done to date to give us a clear picture of its priorities.