We need to recognize that the system is coping with this situation. It is doing no more than coping. I believe that the CIHR competition has addressed some of the requests of the CMA. In particular, I believe that the opportunities in at least two of the grants providing for alternative tests are significant and will supply us with data to facilitate the way in which these tests can be brought into clinical practice.
The issue of referrals is reflective of the geography of this country. In the centres that I polled last week, there is no year-to-year change in referral patterns.