In an uncertain world the problem with the government pumping lots of akkers into the EMS pot is that it may be just like the NHS itself - a bottomless pit that is inefficient because there are no constraints on what are now very dedicated people.
Returning to the Ulster HEMS it may yet be the political strictures placed on that future programme [a 'requirement' by the Nationalists that it start up jointly with Eire with a multi-aircraft launch] will take it from [English] AA grasp and require the pumping of public money into it. Once the dam is breached who knows what will happen to Government money.