Spare rooms plan can’t solve NHS overcrowding | Letters

Proposals that could see the NHS renting rooms in private houses for patients recuperating after surgery are criticised by Helen Tucker, Mannie Sher, Penelope Maclachlan and others. But Frances Hollis sees the idea as a solution to several pressing problemsI am intrigued by the headline on the CareRooms website telling me that I can earn £50 a night and all I need is a spare bedroom or annexe with easy access to a private bathroom (NHS may rent spare rooms to ease bed crisis, 26 October).