.....why can't they just send the patient to hospital in a taxi? Who pays for the taxi? The GP ain't & the punter, (client, or whatever is the latest buzz word), has no money. OR! feels they should not pay. The system should provide. I knew this bloke with a blind daughter, got every allowance he (or she) could get & then, refused to pay for transport for his daughter to go to a day center!!!! Payed much of the money to his partner (live in lover), who he claimed was his daughters "nurse", denied that any one else helped him!!!!!