While on a brief visit to family in Brighton, I was admitted on an emergency to the Royal Sussex County Hospital and subsequently underwent a surgical procedure.

My purpose in writing is to extend a public appreciation of the extremely high standard of care and professional skill and attention I received from all the staff with whom I had contact at A&E department, wards GA and Stewart and all the medical urological team.

Although I had family to visit me, the fact I was so far from home accentuated my appreciation of the friendliness and good humour of the staff in all their various capacities.

You have a hospital and standard of medical care of which you may feel proud.

-James Shewam, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed