It is so unfair of the presenter of the early-morning programme on local BBC radio to invite listeners to state the length of time they have to wait to receive treatment at the hospital.

It is not the fault of the doctors, nurses or staff. In the case of the Royal Sussex County Hospital. They are practising 21st Century medicine in an 18th Century building.

While the Prime Minister was in Brighton, the local radio should have asked him what the Labour Party is doing to improve hospital services and reminded him of the money wasted on the Greenwich Dome and Millennium celebrations, which would have helped the hospitals immensely.

To redeem itself, BBC radio should now invite listeners to phone in and express their gratitude for the treatment they have received at the RSCH.

It is so easy to criticise. To praise more difficult.

-Roy Hilliard, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton