Lottery cash not for Government

YOU report (Yorkshire Post, August 25) that good causes in Yorkshire have suffered very substantially due to a Government raid on Lottery funding.

Surely this serves to confirm that no Government should be permitted to have access to any funds from the National Lottery?

Funds raised by the Lottery should be distributed with no input whatever from the Government of the day. It appears at the moment to be far too easy for those in power to help themselves at every opportunity.

Cosmetic care

From: Sharon Bennett, Deputy Chair, British Association of Cosmetic Nurses, Harrogate.

THE British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN) has long held the view that there need to be tighter restrictions on who can supply and administer cosmetic injectables.

This organisation, now in its third year, has in excess 450 members and is working hard through education, training and shared expertise to ensure their patients receive the best possible care. The nurses’ safety record can be substantiated and their expertise evidenced.

The cosmetic industry has grown exponentially and it is well known that ethics are being sacrificed for commercial gain culminating in exploitation and poor practice in some areas.

Let us hope the findings and recommendations of the review panel led by Sir Bruce Keogh will be heard and implemented.

Costly rules

From: John Gordon, Whitcliffe Lane, Ripon.

THE letter from Mr Oliver about parking at Haworth (Yorkshire Post, August 25) reads like a page from a traffic warden’s Bible.

We all know from school days that rules must be obeyed but if the rules are too draconian in the Haworth car park the customers will simply not come to park there. Everyone loses money and the traffic warden loses his or her job. Has that never occurred to Mr Oliver?