Letters to the Editor. 20/6/03. Our hospital's health is in terminal decline Dear Sir, Your article on agency nurses paints a wretched picture of the effects of housing on health provision in one of the most affluent economies in the world. But the truth is even stranger. Paddington Churches Housing Association issued eviction notices to two nurses in Loveridge Road a year and a half ago in order to supply the house to Camden's Homeless Persons Unit. The house is still empty, and stands with its expensive steel doors as a monument to the stupidity of PCHA and the council. Central government have serious clout. Why do they permit this Whitehall farce which has cost about £12,000 in rent. The cost to the health service due to the employment of agency staff will be rather more. We need a Wastage Czar with savage and unforgiving teeth.   Yours sincerely,   Peter Rutherford.   Back to the web site Camden New Journal