Good idea, although of course the press will pick up on this as "Ambulance service admits 'even taxis are quicker than us'" or similar negative coverage. However, doesn't arriving in an ambulance mean you bypass triage at A&E? Sometimes you can be waiting 30 minutes to be triaged, so surely this would save some time? I'm not condoning getting an ambulance unneccessarily - just pointing out that it MIGHT save you some time in A&E to arrive that way, even though how soon you are actually treated won't change. That said, when I went to A&E with a suspected broken wrist, my GP gave me a letter with her assessment so I could bypass triage that way too?