SIR – Re your front page story (Worcester News, March 1) about the 12-hour wait in A&E for a vulnerable pensioner.

How will they cope when they have to take patients who would have gone to the Alex from Redditch and surrounding areas? As they can’t cope now, many lives could be lost – explain that to their loved ones.

Car parking will be another catastrophe as patients struggle to find a space now.

Fund both hospitals and get rid of a lot of the staff who walk about with files in their hands.

IRIS SMITH

Inkberrow