TY - JOUR T1 - Choice remarks JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 592 LP - 592 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X319891 VL - 58 IS - 553 AU - James Willis Y1 - 2008/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/553/592.abstract N2 - ‘I've been a bit rough,’ said my brave friend when I arrived. I suppose I should call her an elderly friend, at 85, but actually she isn't elderly at all. ‘I had to call the ambulance on Friday.’The ambulance?'‘Well, my catheter blocked again so I rang the ‘Twilight Nurse’ and, can you believe, she was in (she named a town)! So, if I was in pain, which of course I was, she said I'd have to ring the ambulance.’I had only a vague idea where the town she mentioned was but she said she sometimes drove there and it took her 45 minutes. (I have checked this now with Google Maps — ‘18.6 miles — about 41 minutes’)Anyway, as luck would have it the block had begun to clear just as the ambulance arrived. She apologised … ER -