The day will come soon when at the start of a shift all front line crews will go out to their respective sectors/areas and just 'cold call' on people at home and insist on taking them to A/E as a prevention measure just in case they should become ill in the future. This will be done on a random selection initially before concentrating on the lower wealth areas which have a historical incidence of heart problems etc. The next stage after that will be a quota to acheive, for all paras/techs who are on their way to work, by 'collecting' random people off the street and taking them to their station prior to starting the shift and then taking them onto A/E. In fact why not have 'Ambulnace Stops' like Bus Stops where people can wait for an ambulance to take them to A/E. A/E or Accident & Emergency is becoming a contradiction in terms. We are creating too much of a demand that was not there previously...just sort out the GPs who wont turn out, educate the general public as to what is an emergency by using structured information not scaring the crap out of everyone by intimating that every twinge is a heart attack! And get rid of AMPDS and Call Connect!!!!!