It is already hard to recruit people to work in A and E.We have problems now, but an even greater long-term problem is building up, because it takes some kind of dedicated person, if not a saint, to want to work in an environment that is so intense and in which they will constantly work over their hours and face a lot of physical and emotional demands—it is full-on. People in nursing and medicine say, “Well, actually there are easier ways to do my job and earn a living.”Long term, we need to make emergency care a more attractive place for professionals to work in, and we need to look at all areas, to ensure that more treatment happens in a planned way, rather than in an unplanned way.