EUTHANASIA is unlawful in this country but death by hidebound bureaucracy dictated by political dogma is lawful.

Private enterprise to finance and manage NHS establishments is acceptable but a private drugs prescription is not.

Total subservience and dependence is encouraged, some self-financed help not permitted.

Does this not reek of hypocrisy and double standards?

A 1.9 per cent salary increase is substantial to the well-paid senior administrators - negligible to his or her low-paid frontline.

Cyncial? Possibly! Worth consideration? Definitely!!

MRS PATRICIA PICKET, Southampton.