Yes, the NHS is obviously in crisis – not with just our hospitals but with our health centres and social care.

The NHS was not set up to deal with the medical advances and lifestyles of today. How can it possibly be funded in the same way?

It needs a drastic rethink and what it really needs is a cross party approach.

What it doesn’t need is the political parties using the NHS as a political football, scoring points against each other.

If only the parties could forget their differences and work together and agree on long-term strategies to address the many issues that are ruining our NHS.

Helen Needham Hurstpierpoint