Thank you.
I think the number one concern we hear from most people is that CDR does not approve drugs fast enough. I notice that in recommendation number one, Mr. Upshall is saying that the drugs for mental health don't have the same priority as those for, say, cancer and physical health. I think we can all acknowledge that many times mental health is just as deadly as cancer or diabetes or any of these other terminal illnesses.
Are we short-staffed? Is that why there are backlogs? Should there be different decisions, whereby drugs for mental health are perhaps measured in a different kind of way for approval? I understand that you need families and communities involved, because when someone is suffering from mental health it affects not only the patient; it affects the family and oftentimes the entire community. Should we have different divisions? I think we all recognize that we have to get these things processed faster, and with the advances of science, drugs are coming on, new ones are coming quicker and quicker, and they're piling up.
So I'm just wondering what the solution for this is, because everyone wants their area to be prioritized.