Letters

I am very much in favour of NHS managers expressing themselves in plain language ('Getting the wind up', open space, page 29, and comment, page 17, 6 April).

As well as your argument that ideas put simply have much greater impact, there is another good reason to write plainly: doing so makes us think plainly.

It is often only when you write down, in simple language, what you think you want to say that you can see clearly whether or not it will work. Any gaps and inconsistencies become obvious, and so can be sorted out.

Writing can help us to make robust plans, not just to record and communicate them.

Sarah Carr Warrington