Just a quickie - my post on our website which Tom used was totally tongue in cheek, albeit with a bit of seriousness thrown in. The amb crews actually DO get fed up to the back teeth (infected or not) with calls that are "Not As Given". There really are people who think we are a Taxi Service, and other who think they are being really helpful by insisting that so-and-so needs an ambo, when all the "patient" wants is their own armchair in their own front room, and a cup of tea (or - occasionally - a beer !!). It was just my way of saying " Ask them if they are OK first ( unless they are OBVIOUSLY in need (for instance, just been hit by a bus).