Pay up, Hunt, to reward efforts of our heroes

I was born in 1931 and, at 86, I am old enough to remember those dreadful days before the Labour Party established the NHS.

Over the years I have had dozens of surgeries and treatments.

Some were to heal the hearing I lost as a Royal Marine sniper. I had both knees replaced plus radiotherapy for prostate cancer. My appreciation of the NHS is huge and I just want to offer my immense thanks to all those who work so hard for it. I just wish that our Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, would invest to pay the staff properly. ■ David Armitage, 86, Exeter