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We have a lot of big businesses that have a presence all over England, Wales and Scotland, but which may not have a presence in Northern Ireland. That is an extra factor, but we have said that we need to reflect carefully on the issue.
Families split up and the mother or the father might have their kids for only two or three days a week and that contact may have to go if they do not have an extra bedroom. Some folk have physical disabilities and so require the extra space.
Are you aware of how many patients the chronic services are having to cope with since the withdrawals in April 2015? If you have extra staff to deal with the demand, how many extra clinicians and nurses do you have?
Although some of that is about the hours that they work, many of them are working full time. It is suggested that they find extra hours, but it is not that simple.