AS it is now exactly six months since my husband received open-heart surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, I wanted to express a very grateful thank you to all of the surgeons, doctors, nurses and everyone in the Millennium Ward for their excellent care.

He is now fine and enjoying his garden and all the many other things he did before his operation. In fact, he is in better health now than for many years.

So let us have full praise for the wonderful caring work of the NHS and less criticism.

-Ruth Knight (Mrs), Ferndown, Dorset