Maybe the NHS can’t wait to get me off its list | NHS

At first I was pleasantly surprised when asked, in my NHS app, whether I still wanted to remain on a waiting list for a minor operation (Almost 10 million people in England could be on NHS waiting list, 3 April). I now wonder whether this was more about the government’s method of reducing waiting lists rather than my medical need.
Nick Page
Winchester

I read your print headline “Invertebrate of the year: Celebrating the diverse and spineless creatures of the UK” (13 April) and wondered why it wasn’t in the politics section.
Shareen Campbell
Miramont-de-Guyenne, France

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

Regarding the suggestion of dashboard-mounted shredders for those with anger management issues, I have a tiny dashboard‑mounted Buddha which, by the mere act of touching it, dissipates any anger and provides satellite navigation to the moral high ground.
Adam Burden
Alton, Hampshire

Guardian readers getting angry? Surely not – concerned, maybe?
Dr Mark Wilcox
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire