Regarding recent articles about cleanliness in hospitals, what do you expect to happen when everything has to be done on the cheap, to the lowest tender.

There is a rock bottom price for cleaning materials so if a firm cuts below this level, it is obvious that the only area for cutbacks is on staff.

Just look at the main entrances to most hospitals in this area, littered with fag ends, chewing gum and fast food wrappers.

If you were looking for a place to eat out and saw this at the entrance you would look for somewhere cleaner.

So what are you to think if this is where you are going to be operated on?

-Mrs G Taylor, Lancing