MY GP recently referred me to a consultant to sort out a hearing problem and told me to wait for an appointment to come through for the ENT clinic at Ludlow Hospital. After a while Ludlow Hospital telephoned me to say that ENT clinics have been withdrawn from Ludlow and I would have to go to Telford or Bridgnorth. I chose to go to Bridgnorth (only a 40-mile return journey). It’s a lovely hospital that has obviously had a lot of money spent on it, with new outpatient facilities etc. 
As I returned to Cinderellatown, I wondered if Cinderella would ever make it to the ball, but then we have the NHS Trust cuts...
ALAN POWELL
Ludlow