Crisis? What crisis? It’s hard to keep up

A shortage of NHS dentists is just one of many crises that this government has failed to deal with, Cherry Weston points out. Photograph: PA

We are living through a cost-of-living crisis, an energy crisis, a housing crisis, an NHS crisis, a care crisis, and now, apparently, a dental crisis (‘‘Dental deserts’ form in England as dentists quit NHS, experts warn, 1 May). Maybe it’s time to elect a competent government.
Cherry Weston
Wolverhampton

• Chris Sinha states that the English education system “is based on three Cs: competition, coercion and cramming” (Letters, 1 May). Sadly, another C springs to mind: cheating, mostly by private schools playing the education system to their advantage.
Bernie Evans
Liverpool