I WAS appalled to read of the teenager who inflicted racial abuse on a Polish consultant at the eye hospital department at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

It’s disgusting that such an incident should happen and I hope that the individual concerned is dealt with severely.

It’s sad that those doctors and nurses who have settled here from Europe and have contributed so much to the NHS, those who work in the construction industry and in agriculture etc should feel unwelcome to stay here in Britain because of a very small minority of racist bigots.

The vast majority of the population of this country, even those who voted to leave the EU, do not want you to leave and I sincerely hope that you will all stay.

MICHAEL CLARKE
Old Marston, Oxford