BOTH Wiltshire Council, and the CCG should hold their heads in total shame as both blame each other for the axing of the vital Hopper bus service, that we are now being told will be axed in May.

The suggested alternatives – Arriva Non Emergency Passenger Transport (NEPT) and/or the local Link schemes are not really viable substitutes.

NEPT has very strict criteria as well as reliability problems and the local Link schemes are in crisis with shortage of volunteer drivers. The truth is that hundreds of outpatients will find it near impossible to get to and from hospital. As always, the vulnerable and sick will suffer.

COUN TERRY CHIVERS, Eden Grove, Whitley, Melksham