[Eric]

Originally Posted by susie123

Grumpy, moi? That better?

Just wanted to add that ambulances are separate again from local and county councils They have their own bit of the NHS.

We all pay council tax which is divided up between local and county councils and the police and fire services. The county council gets the lion's share.

That's better, hon ...

Funny you should mention ambulances ... it's similar here. Frontenac Ambulance and Paramedics are separate from Kingston as they service a large area ... I won't go into detail about the numerous small jurisdictions that use the service. But they all pay for it. The City of Kingston contributes most of the money.

Now ... the air ambulance service. The Province of Ontario used to run the service, mainly choppers flying the severly sick and injured to major referral hospitals such as Kingston General. But it was privatized And those who believe that the NHS would benefit from some privatization, take a look at ....

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