our area has several different private ambulance companies... recently a private crew attended a hypo, but due to training could give nothing but oral glucose. when our crew arrived an hour later (when the private crew eventually got round to calling for backup) the patient still had a mouth full of hypostop and a GCS of 7... from what i've seen, the training and skills in the private ambulance sector just don't compare to the NHS, which is strange as most i've come across claim to be ex-NHS...