SIR – I am writing in support of the Eccleshill Treatment Centre and all the staff employed there and the excellent service it provides.

I work there as a GP usually on a Thursday evening and know that it provides a valuable and excellent service for users.

Although there may be some gaps in the evening, these are useful to catch up and I’m usually pretty busy for most of the session.

It would be better to encourage patients to use it more rather than to make even more people use an already overcrowded and busy treatment centre at BRI.

Lydia Taylor, Dr Darbyshire and Partners, Shaftesbury Medical Centre, Osmondthorpe Lane, Leeds