REFERENCE your article about hospital staff pay cuts (Journal, June 14) - if you haven’t got your health, then life’s a different ball game.

Who wants to work for less?

My husband Brian and I cannot believe hospital staff are to get pay cuts.

Put the “trust bods” who think this is a good idea in the job for a month and see if they can cope with the mental stress and the physical challenges these people have to face each day.

We have often used Salisbury and Southampton hospitals for operations and emergencies. It gives us peace of mind to have them so close. The staff need more money, they are the hospital’s life blood.

Of course 70 per cent goes on staff wages, we need them.

SARAH ADAMSON Salisbury