MaroonMan4 - I do not believe that the media were reporting a dysfunctional evacuation system - it was and is excellent - but that there were issues surrounding care at Selly Oak. The transition to QE11 was never a problem and has been an outstanding example of collaborative working. The issue was, and I must admit to have been part of the system at the time, a question of corporate denial, guilt and using the medics as an easy bashing board. The Army G1/4 system could not cope and their CoC were writing cheques they could not cash. H4H was borne from a dinner party following a spurious conversation between CGS and OC Headley Court, who sadly did not survive first contact. My diaries of the shenanigans at the time are quite clear and comprehensive and I feel strongly that as time goes by, decent and honourable individuals will be maligned; I will defend where appropriate.