6 I SEE that Mike Foster's latest gimmick is to seek credit for the new hospital in the same way that he tried to fool the people by standing in front of Shrub Hill station to have his photograph taken when he heard that it was to be renovated.

His sole contribution to the new hospital when everyone was criticising its size and its function was to announce that it was quite adequate - until he saw that the local authority had accepted the criticism.

The whole affair has been politically manipulated by the previous city council which rejected certain plans until it was politically expedient to accept one.

VERITY JAMES, Worcester.