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Clearly those who think the yoof of today have nothing better to do than riot should have asked the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust for a breakdown of those who have already volunteered to become Foundation Trust members:

These numbers will of course change once the membership drive gets into top gear. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust assures me that all of these children were "recruited" in Cornwall, although there is no residential qualification for membership. Indeed, there are very few reasons why anyone could not become a member. "A person may not become or continue as a Member of the Trust if:

- he is under 11 years of age at the date of his application or invitation to become a Member (as the case may be);

- he has demonstrated aggressive or violent behaviour (such as verbal assault, physical assault, violence or harassment) at any NHS hospital, NHS premises or NHS establishment against any of the Applicant Trust's (or as the case may be) the Trust's employees or other persons who exercise functions for the purposes of the Trust whether or not in circumstances leading to his removal or exclusion from any NHS hospital, premises or establishment;

- or he has been dismissed (otherwise than by reason of redundancy or ill-health) from a position of employment with the Trust."

If you spot benefits of membership which I've so far been been unable to grasp, please feel free to comment...