East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust have started a national campaign to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobiles.

Bob Brotchie, a clinical team leader for the Trust, hatched the plan last year after struggling to get contact details from shocked or injured patients. “It’s difficult to know who to call. Someone might have ‘mum’ in their phone book but that doesn’t mean they’d want them contacted in an emergency. ”

The idea is that everyone should store the phone number of their emergency contact under a entry titled “ICE” (In Case of Emergency) in their mobile phone. If the worst happens, and the person is involved in an accident, the emergency services will immediately know who to call.

This is such a simple idea, I’m surprised no-one has thought of it before.

Neil.

I’m posting this again, because the website threw a fit and deleted the previous one!

Gerhard is taking a well-earned break from hosting this year’s GLUG Summer BBQ, having organised the event for goodness knows how many years. He’s been very busy with the opening of a new Konditor & Cook at the Curzon, Soho, and we wish him every success with it.

So, we decided it would be fun to go to the seaside for our BBQ this year, and Martin CB has kindly agreed to host it at his house in Hove.

We can’t guarantee that the catering will be up to the usual fine standard provided by Gerhard, but we do guarantee that it won’t be just sausages and burgers!

As usual, any profits from the day will be donated to The Food Chain. The cost of the BBQ will be £20 per person, but we’ll also be encouraging everyone to donate a little extra.

We’ll be collecting money in advance this year. You can either bring the money along to a GLUG meeting, or send a cheque (made out to GLUG) to:
GLUG Summer BBQ
49 McDermott Close,
Battersea,
London SW11 2LY

Alternatively, you can transfer the money directly to my account - please email me for details (login, then click on the envelope at the top of this post).

Finally, if you have a PayPal account, you can pay by clicking the button below. Please Note: PayPal charge 3.4% +20p per transaction, which we have to pass on to you (this means that you’ll pay £20.91 for using this method). Some people may feel the convenience is worth the extra expense, so the option’s there if you want to use it.