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If an advance choice document in digital form is attached to a person’s mobile in the form of an app, it can show that person’s name, where they live, what their financial circumstances are, which I noticed is in later amendments, what their likes and dislikes are, what their condition is and what their needs are. So, immediately, the person who is helping the person in crisis can be aware that there is an issue and can talk to that person, using their name, and be able to help them in a way that could help to calm them down and take them to the next stage. We even gave a presentation on this to a plethora of officials at the Department of Health and Social Care in March 2023. Several months later, I got a response to say that the palliative care app did not quite work. Of course it did not—it has to be applied differently in order to ask the right questions and give the right information for somebody with mental health issues.