I AM writing in response to the front-page article ‘Vital health workers face redundancy’ (Echo, Friday, March 24).

This team is a medical rehabilitation team and my father has been supported by this team twice in the past year.

On both those occasions, he would have needed to be admitted to hospital if it wasn’t for their involvement and the support they provided.

I was horrified to hear that this team was facing redundancies. They appear to already be doing the job the government wants them to do.

They visited my father every day during their involvement, including at weekends, and they stopped him from being admitted to hospital. Under their care and with their rehabilitation, he improved, so that he could walk around his home again independently.

They provided this care and rehabilitation with warmth and dedication.

The loss of this team should be of grave concern to everybody in Bournemouth and I am interested to know what the local health trusts are doing to prevent this from happening.

D Sparrowe

Southlea Avenue, Bournemouth

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