Doctor, slip a present on prescription for me

DURING the big freeze of 2010 I spent many a treacherous day tippytoeing along icy pavements at the speed of an asthmatic ant in an attempt not to end up on my posterior.

It was only when a friend recommended a set of snow grips you can fix to your shoes to stop you falling over, that I made any of my appointments even remotely on time. Given that more than 80 people queued up at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow this week after coming a cropper on ice, perhaps it’s time us clumsy types were issued something like this on prescription.