Heads and brick walls come to mind, Tom. Wishing a slightly belated Happy Christmas. I'm working NYE so that should be interesting. What's making you angry happens across all ambulance trusts in the UK - sadly. The wishes that we have more staff and vehicles go hand in hand with knowing we need more beds in hospitals. One of the biggest bed helps would be more beds in community hospitals not less... and not less community hospitals. as has become the case in recent years. Anyway - happy christmas to all who read on here. In and out of the job. May 2010 bring some semblance of logic rather than greed.