Letter from Les Moss to David Ennals MP, Department of Health and Social Security, Whitehall, London

The letter is written from 31 Whitehawk Avenue, Brighton, Sussex and details how, in 1966, when Les Moss retired, he went into hospital for a hernia operation. His GP had prescribed a drug called Lucofen for weight loss to prepare for the operation. Having gone in to hospital for only a minor operation LM ended up having to have a leg amputated. LM alleges negligence by the hospital, which did not examine him prior to the operation, and by the GP who prescribed the drug Lucofen, which was a drug that caused blood clotting. The letter recounts his struggle and failure to obatin compensation and to get monetary and other assistance from social services.