FURTHER to your report about ambulances not being used in some cases for 999 calls (February 15).

If a taxi is used, will they be insured to deal with a situation of transporting someone to hospital?

If someone dies on arrival this way, who is responsible? And are we prepared for such an incident like this to happen?

Keith Chapman,

Custance Walk,

St Benedict Road,

Nunnery Lane, York.

Updated: 11:35 Saturday, February 19, 2005