WHETHER or not Labour are seeking to "weaponise" the NHS, people are fed up with politicians trying to score cheap points over a service which is precious to all of us.

Of course, the NHS is under pressure, given that we have an ageing population and increasing demand, but we should remember that last year the international Commonwealth Fund found our health service to be the best in the world.

How we meet the inevitable rising costs of health care in the future is rightly a matter of debate.

Lib Dem Health Minister, Norman Lamb, has called for cross-party talks on the issue to seek consensus on the big decisions that have to be taken and give stability to the NHS.

Other parties prefer to exploit people's concerns by using the NHS as a political football.

No wonder most people put more faith in their doctors than in their politicians.

Allan Brame, Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Birkenhead.