As one due to depart on annual leave, I feel that the Law Society’s comments on the new duty solicitors rota and the delay in issuing it are well founded. I received the rota only on Monday 12 July and find that, during the subsequent fortnight, I have no fewer than four duty slots, followed by just the one in August and nothing more until mid-September.

If I correctly understand the government’s proposals for the NHS, the responsibility for organising duty doctors will go back to the very people who provide the service – the GPs. Surely after this it is time to revert to the system of letting local duty solicitors organise their own rotas?

Paul Tritschler , solicitor, Richard Griffiths & Co, Salisbury