Never, never, let us forget the value of NHS professionals

THROUGH your letters page, can I say how glad I am the Prime Minister is on the way to a full recovery following his stay in hospital with coronavirus?

I hope people of all political persuasions feel the same (Bill Carmichael, The Yorkshire Post, April 17).

I note he has stated the NHS 
has saved his life and his pregnant partner, Carrie Symonds, has personally thanked them.

All I would ask is that the PM – and all future politicians – remember what a vital role the NHS and our caring services play in keeping us alive and in good health.

Let us pay them what they are worth in terms of their total contribution to our society.

If that means we have to pay 
more National Insurance contributions and tax, so be it.

Never again should our health and caring services be starved of money. If you want the best, you have to pay for it and we all want the best. Let us never, never forget the contribution these professionals have played in such difficult circumstances.

From: Lorna Macdonald, Holmfirth.

WITH regard to the letter from Gerald Hodgson (The Yorkshire Post, April 15) about the lack of PPE.

Over almost four decades I had quite a number of operations, both abroad (private) and in our wonderful NHS hospitals, and was always treated with the same utmost professional and loving care. It was very different then. I never heard anyone caught germs or infections. There was a sluice room and steriliser next to the toilets in every ward.

Bedpans and bottles were whisked away covered by a white cloth, not a paper towel. Emptied, washed thoroughly in the sluice and then into the steriliser to be used for many years, not transported through the hospital to be incinerated, causing more pollution. Much better for the environment too.

I am disgusted at the amount of food and perfectly usable things thrown into our bins today. Sorry, I am having a moan again.

From: Mr PL Taylor, Milner Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield.

NOT all front-line hospital workers are being provided with the necessary equipment for protection against coronavirus.

It would seem Government cuts are going to affect the health of hospital staff, which obviously impinges on patient safety.

My support for the Conservative Party has now been severely eroded.

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