I WOULD like to say the nurses and medical staff should be first priority for a decent pay rise.

With more nurses and doctors, they are doing the job of two and are rushed off their feet and ready to go home, then to bed, then it's up in the morning, back to the wheel that keeps turning, not the wheel of fortune - wish it was.

I've been in hospitals a lot of times and seen how the nurses give out meals, make the beds and change them for other patients coming in to the hospital and look after all the patients and are very kind to everyone and cannot do enough for you.

Without our NHS, our nurses and doctors, what would we do?

They are a credit to their profession and they are a credit to the very best and I would vote for that.

And dedication goes a long long way, please don’t let them down ever. We owe so much to them for what they do for us.

Mr L Burrows, Liscard.