I am positively ashamed of our government. I had no idea just how little you all are paid, especially for how highly skilled you are and the type of work you have to perform. I'd be willing to bet that John and Jane Q. Public, don't either. As the press are so bloody found of pointing out the perceived short-comings of LAS staff, perhaps it's pay-back time and one of them should do a counter piece on everything you go through in a day, highlighting that it's all for £7-10 an hour. I'm really glad that I made up plates of homemade biscuits for the ambulance crew to take away when a family member had a kitchen knife fall onto her foot over Christmas. It really was the least I could do to repay them.