YP Letters: No long term future for '˜free' NHS service

I CAN see no future long term for the NHS on the basis of guaranteed free treatment at the point of need.

Politicians have great difficulty in recognising the inevitable but with an ageing population and rising expectations, hard decisions will have to be faced sooner or later – for example partial privatisation and charges for certain treatment.

I believe that a poll would show people would not object to paying more tax to pay for their health. Even within the existing framework, there is plenty of scope for economy. The charges for drugs are grossly exorbitant and this is a scandal. The public will have to accept the limitations on the State’s ability to meet health and welfare needs ad infinitum.

From: Andrew Mercer, Guiseley.

I CAN’T believe Theresa May has not accepted the invitation from the health, public accounts and communities select committee chairs to work collaboratively on funding. Shared society or running the NHS into the ground so it has to be privatised?

From: Malcolm Haigh, Huddersfield.

URGENT visit to A&E the other day. Triage nurse, junior doctor, consultant all excellent.