Letters | 8 February 2018

Stop knocking May

Sir: I find this knocking of Theresa May increasingly depressing (‘Theresa’s choice’, 3 February). She has a terrible job which she was dropped into when David Cameron resigned. She was a Remainer, yet she is expected to steer the UK through the Brexit process of leaving the EU with no experience, as it has never happened before. She needs all the support she can get, so please give it to her. No one wants her job right now anyway.
Lindy Wiltshire

Alton, Hants

My NHS experience

Sir: I am very glad to hear that Mr Hawkes has had better experiences in NHS hospitals than I did (Letters, 3 February). Perhaps in leafy Bucks there are private hospitals which compete with their NHS counterparts, unlike in this part of the world. Incidentally, I have had a letter from my MP with a consent form giving him permission to speak to the head of the NHS hospital trust to which the hospital I described belongs. With the editor’s permission, I will report back.

I also had no intention of implying that use of a Zimmer frame implies mental senility. I have one myself, which I keep beside my bed to hang my litter stick and electronic bed control on.
Elizabeth Roberts

Scotby Village, Carlisle

Austrian hospital

Sir: I was interested in Elizabeth Roberts’s account of the horrors of her week in hospital (‘Admission of failure’, 27 January). I too spent an unplanned eight nights in hospital over Christmas. Mine was in Zams, Austria — the result of my father telling me to ‘man up’ in response to complaints of a prolonged stomach ache. I collapsed with acute appendicitis soon after.

My experience, in contrast to hers, began with a new ambulance, which arrived for free (courtesy of a European Health Insurance card).