Letter: Surgeons' awards

Sir: Frank Dobson has wasted no time in adopting the Prime Minister's example of government by tabloid headline. To state that all three Bristol surgeons should have been struck off on the same day as the Government, quite rightly, announced a public enquiry on the matter is tantamount to saying, "Don't confuse me with the facts - I have made up my mind."

JOHN CHARMAN

London SW1