Dear Editor,

I read Jesse Norman’s column about the possible Hereford Hospital management merger with interest. While this is indeed a public matter, it is hardly the most pressing problem affecting the NHS today.

Those of us who work in health and social care know only too well that the current crisis in the NHS is due to sustained underfunding by Mr Norman’s own government. It would be refreshing to see an MP brave enough to speak up about the real issues affecting the NHS.

Dr Simon Lennane

Ross-on-Wye