Hon ANDREW LITTLE: Can I just say, in relation to the story of the woman in the hospital who was treated in that way, that I was horrified to hear that anybody in a New Zealand hospital would be treated in that sort of way. Although as Minister I can't get into the specific details of an individual case, I would urge that patient and her family and whānau to take those issues up with the hospital, and if they're not satisfied, to go to the Health and Disability Commissioner. In relation to the recruitment of nurses, the member might be interested to know that right now we have 7,000 overseas qualified health professionals who have registered their interest in wanting to come to work in New Zealand, including 3,200 nurses. I don't anticipate we'll have any difficulty in getting through the recruitment process to get nurses in place in New Zealand just as quickly as possible. I might say there are still some barriers that we have to deal with, but they are largely around the regulatory authorities such as the Nursing Council of New Zealand, but I can say the Nursing Council has written to me recently saying they wish to be part of a solution to make it easier for overseas nurses to get their registration.