Thank you, Mr. Chair. Some of this might have been covered yesterday, but I did want to ask the question, since I raised it in my opening comment.
A number of the reductions for this department relate to professional development for nurses. I wondered if I could get an explanation from the Minister as to how we’re going to…. Sorry. First of all, whether or not there’s a full uptake on the professional development that is provided for our nurses for them to advance their learning and to
take educational leave and so on. If there is, by reducing these funds how are we going to encourage them to stay with us for long service, to advance in their areas of expertise and to, therefore, provide better health services for our residents?