There's been a vehicle parked outside the library at least a couple of days this week trying to encourage people to give up smoking and offering a lung test. As we're non-smokers we didn't bother but today it was joined by an ambulance with a trailer attached so being the nosey sort, we went along to see what it was all about.
It was from the East Midlands Ambulance Service and they had lots of information available about strokes, 5-A-Day and the NHS in general. We were asked to sign up to receive information about the Ambulance Service such as when to phone for an ambulance or when to phone for a doctor. At first we declined but were eventually persuaded and we were given a pack that means we are now members of the NHS Foundation Trust. We were also presented with a cloth shopping bag containing a notepad, a pen, a keyring and more leaflets. It's probably all done with the best of intentions and the leaflets contain a lot of useful information but I can't help feeling the money spent on the goodies would be better redirected to patient care.
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