Merseyside NHS are right at this moment sending out a taxi to take a patient to a drop in centre.This decision was made after conversations with NHS direct and the patients local GP.Is the cost of a taxi less than the cost of a GP visit?Merseyside Ambulance service have wrote on the back of all ambulances. "This is not a taxi,don't use it as one".This is a first as far as i know.But correct me if i'm wrong and you know different.