SIR - The letter from John Stead (T&A November 30) regarding his daughter's lack of ability to find employment is, unfortunately, common today with young, qualified people.

My wife suffers from multiple sclerosis and has done for nearly 20 years. She is now in a nursing home as I myself have coronary heart disease and am unable to take care of her.

She had physiotherapy treatment over the latter five to six years on and off but gradually, as her legs got weaker, the treatment became less frequent.

She was visited by the physio team for a few weeks earlier this year and I understand the problems they have coping with the workload.

I eventually decided to try to get a private physio to see her, which wasn't as easy as one might think. Most I spoke to were only interested in minor problems - pulled muscles, strains and sprains, injuries brought on at the gym.

My point is that there seems to be an opening for young, trained people to start out on their own. After all, there are agency nurses in hospitals and nursing homes.

Raymond Norton, Edale Grove, Queensbury