Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there was a comment made about the length of my answers. Mr. Dent has certainly covered a wide range of issues and it is difficult to give a short answer, unless we pick just one facet of his question and respond to that.
However, I will try to respond to what I can remember. The Cuff review is intended to take into consideration those previous recommendations that were made.
So it is more focused on recommendations for actions to be taken, as opposed to the emphasis on the review section of it, except to review those reports that have already been done.
It is also contained in the terms of reference that system resourcing, adequacy and equitability of funding allocations to boards, clarity and fairness of board funding allocations, adequacy of board support resources in the department, determination of board forced growth requirements, adequacy of staffing models for nursing and physicians, appropriateness of the surplus deficit retention policy, capacity of department, provide an appropriate and effective monitoring.
So a lot of the issues that Mr. Dent raises with respect to resourcing the boards are clearly identified in the terms of reference of the Cuff review and we are looking for action related recommendations.
Some of the previous reports did identify problems where there were deficiencies and did not always have attached to them, in every instance, a clear action associated with them.
So that is a couple of areas, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. Dent has covered. I will ask Mrs. Ballantyne if she would just speak a little bit more in detail on the issue of the work with the boards to ensure that they are adequately resourced. Thank you.