I WRITE about my concerns regarding the Health Service. My wife has been waiting 18 months for a hip replacement, which we had to cancel because she had to go in for other surgery. And, what do you know, that operation was cancelled the night before.

I don't blame the Health Service which I worked for for 20 years. It is the lack of money given by the Government. It is not a money making concern but a public asset. The Government should stop spending money on killing machines and spend more on saving lives.

M J SHEWRY

The Broadway

Rodbourne Cheney

Swindon