AS one of the 4,500 waiting for a modern and suitable hearing aid, I was delighted to read that Darlington Primary Care Trust has devised a plan to reduce the length of time a patient has to endure before being fitted with a hearing aid (Echo, Aug 27).

I would like to thank Alan Milburn, Darlington's MP, for his interest and support to achieve this.

I can speak from personal experience that he has worked very hard with the PCT to implement this plan.

P Greener, Darlington.