New years night was a busy one for the London ambulance service. There were 38 stabbings over the course of the night. I spoke to my workmate who was on the car that night, he attended four stabbings one after another.

By 5am there had been in excess of 2,000 calls (we normally do a shade under 4,000 calls over 24 hours).

On the television one of our top-ranking management people described the night as 'horrific', which I would say is a pretty fair assessment.

The 'drunk bus' also did a lot of work, although I wonder at the need to take drunks to hospital, it's not as if they are actually ill. Also you must be able to sit in a chair in order to use this vehicle, so I'd suggest that they weren't 'life-threateningly' drunk.

I am extremely glad I wasn't working that night...