UPDATE NOVEMBER 2003 - This project is currently on hold - it is planned to rejig it and continue in due course.  The project envisages using cutting edge applications of existing Technology to deliver a system linking the patient to hospital, primary care, community care and social services while at the scene of an incident or whilst being transported in the Ambulance. It will enable treatment to commence at the patient's home, scene of the incident, in the Ambulance, and immediately on arrival at hospital. It establishes an Electronic Patient Record during transfer (or at the scene) and enables access to be gained to the patient's medical history. It will potentially reduce inappropriate referrals to both hospitals and Accident and Emergency Departments and save considerable numbers of lives by delivering faster and more appropriate treatment.