Thank you for the question. You’re right to point out that our minor injuries units around the country have a very good record of seeing people quickly, seeing, treating, discharging, or arranging for them to be admitted if that’s required. They are led, in most instances, by advanced nurse practitioners, providing high quality care and able to make decisions that people might think you would need a doctor for. Now, part of the challenge is how we understand what’s sustainable in that way, because you’re right in that some of those units have very small numbers of people attending at various hours in the day, and so health boards will need to understand properly how to make the best use of their staff to meet the demand that exists.

There is something to do also about minor injuries streams within major units as well, and, if we get that right, we’re more likely to see a quicker turnaround, not only for people in that particular unit within a hospital, but how we understand how we direct through to the right part of the service. So, again, it goes back to having that whole-system approach and understanding what we need in our minor injuries units, where those should be, what the evidence is for them being at the right time and the right place, but also there is still improvement we do need to see within the major units for that minor injuries stream.