The crisis in the NHS is really very frightening, but is it any wonder?

When Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in government, Mr Blair started closing A&E departments.

Then he closed hospitals.

The private finance initiative has seen many older hospitals bulldozed PFI and replaced by smaller hospitals, using half the land for housing. Now we have enormous rent to pay for these hospitals.

Mr Blair opened the door to uncontrolled immigration and we have six or seven million extra people (at least) in this country.

If this happens then you have to provide for these people and the last government did not do this and this government has not got the money to do it.

Consequently we all have to suffer.

A Parkin, Bishop Auckland.