Maybe the NHS can’t wait to take me off the list | Short letters

At first I was pleasantly surprised when I asked on my NHS app if I still wanted to remain on a waiting list for minor surgery (almost 10 million people in England could be on the NHS waiting list, April 3). I now wonder if this had more to do with the government’s method of reducing waiting lists than with my medical needs.
Nick Page
Winchester

I read your print headline “Invertebrates of the Year: Celebrating Britain’s Diverse and Spineless Creatures” (April 13) and wondered why this wasn’t in the political section.
Shareen Campbell
Miramont-de-Guyenne, France

My mother came home from her job as an English teacher very angry about a decision made by senior management (Letters, April 11). She sat down and wrote two poems: Elegy on the Death of a Senior Mistress, and Epitaph for a Head. When she felt much better, she continued preparing our evening meal.
Judith Herbert
Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire

As for the suggestion of dash-mounted chippers for those with anger management issues, I have a small dash-mounted Buddha that, just by touching it, dissipates all anger and provides satellite navigation to the moral high ground.
Adam Last
Alton, Hampshire

Guardian readers getting angry? Certainly not – concerned perhaps?
Dr. Mark Wilcox
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire