The Department assured us that, as part of its monitoring activity, it would be looking closely at the numbers of people employed. We heard it was keen that the additional funding (£533 million) serve to reintroduce health professionals into treatment services, including clinical psychiatrists and mental health practitioners. The Department said that it had agreed a set of plans with local authorities and thought it had good visibility on performance which it said should give it confidence.58 Ms Taylor told us the extra funding was helpful but cautioned that it was difficult to build up specialist staff without stable funding.59 56 Qq 27, 106, 125–127 57 Q 127 58 Q 103 59 Qq 11, 103, 106, 125 Alcohol treatment services 17