Doctor’s diagnosis of service ills endorsed

I AGREE with Dr Billy Christopher (Letters, November 27). What a proclamation of commonsense.

He apportioned blame equally on government, local authorities and the health services. He scapegoated no single one of these entities, but rather tried to find a solution.

I would disagree with his use of the word “insidious” in regard to the changes to the way hospitals were run from the late 1970s. I would use the word “stealth”, the way central government took a more active role in using health boards to replace local health authorities.