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I've been doing a fair amount of transfers between hospitals of late. Which is why this article on the BBC news site struck me a particularly timely.

Unnecessary risks are being taken when transferring seriously ill people from hospital to hospital, doctors say.

But British Medical Association doctors said medics often had to rely on batteries to power vital equipment - and these were prone to failing.

Most ambulances do not have sockets for standard three-pin plugs. Instead, they have...