Decent pay would boost nurses’ morale

NHS workers including doctors and nurses protest in London in July, demanding a pay rise to match the inflation rate. Photograph: Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

I was stunned to read the words of a Downing Street spokesperson on the nurses’ strike (Report, 12 December). After explaining that pay wouldn’t be discussed, they said other non-pay issues needed to be addressed, such as “issues affecting nurses’ morale”. Surely one of the biggest issues affecting nurses’ morale is pay?
Su Hardman
Woodbridge, Suffolk

• Your article says: “My Morphy Richards two-slot toaster costs about 1p a toasting, while boiling 0.5L of room-temperature water costs about 2p” (Does a kettle use more electricity than a TV? How much power your gadgets use, 13 Dcember). It might cost a lot more than 2p if you try to boil water in your toaster.
Peter Dewar
Bromley, London