NHS Reorganisation

: Will my right hon. Friend ensure that the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O’Brien) understands that the reason Staffordshire ambulance service is so successful is not because of local knowledge—nowadays we have computer systems that deal with that matter—but the unique operating system that means that emergency ambulances are put where they will be needed? That unique system means that a merger of the west midlands ambulance services cannot work unless the Staffordshire ambulance service is allowed to have its operational independence.