SIR – I had occasion to ring St Luke’s Hospital, but didn’t know their number. On searching through my copy of Thomsons Local, I discovered that Thomsons did not list the number.

As St Luke’s is a major hospital in Bradford, I thought someone at Thomsons had made a big mistake. However, on contacting Thomsons I was told that they didn’t list St Luke’s phone number at the request of the hospital, and that they couldn’t tell me the name of the person or the department at the hospital who had instructed Thomsons.

Is this true? Am I the only one to think this odd?

Peter Shaw, Albion Street, Buttershaw