title: Editorial board's eye view.
abstract: For the past four years I have worked in pre-hospital care. With more than 21 years' acute sector nursing and general management experience behind me, the original reason for moving to the ambulance service was to set up the NHS Direct service for West Yorkshire's population of 2.1 million.
authors.affiliation: Nursing at West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnes