SIR – We frequently read of patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital having to wait hours for a bed in the A&E department.

But in letters from people such as C C Richards (Worcester News, September 9), we also get nothing but praise for the staff.

I am sure that the nurses and doctors always do what they can given the circumstances, but it would be interesting to know if the times (apart from in cases of multiple accidents) when responses are poor is only at weekends when the drunks are wheeled in.

PHIL PEGLER Worcester