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Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announces a new "Accident & Emergency at Home" feature in order to save money on the ambulance service. Non-emergency 999 call-outs will now be dealt with by specially trained "Emergency Care Practitioners" who will travel by car and motorbike to administer patch-up treatment in situ, thereby saving the NHS an estimated 1 million unneccessary patient-visits to A&E departments.

The Times; Monday 27/6/05

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