I sympathise with Simon Hattenstone (Tried using the new online GP booking system? I have – and it was almost as miserable as my chest infection, 10 December). Filled in the online form, requesting a face-to-face GP appointment, received an email offering a phone call with a pharmacist. Rang reception to explain that I needed to see a GP and she said she couldn’t make appointments – everything had to go through an online form. It seems you have to be almost dead before you can see a GP.
Rachel Phipps
Dean, Oxfordshire

Regarding the wild beaver spotted in Norfolk (‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years, 7 December), obviously it’s come from Ambridge – that explains why there’s not been much coverage of the beavers since their release. Please let Rex and Kirsty know where it is – they’ll be frantic with worry.
Tracey Francis
Edinburgh

If there is to be an invasion of San Serriffe (Letters, 10 December), it’ll start with an Arial bombardment.
Richard Barnard
Wivenhoe, Essex

“Being a nun gives me the best of both worlds” (Letters, 7 December). That’ll be this one and the next, then?
Huw Griffith
Jesús Pobre, Alicante, Spain

Only five stages of ageing (Editorial, 7 December)? What about the writing-to-the-Guardian stage?
Pete Bibby
Sheffield