I am unhappy about the letter, which states at the end that"the planning and management of services is … best carried out at local level".I agree absolutely with that, but the letter goes on to mention"the unified budgets made available to NHS Boards, which will be increased by 7.25%, more than twice the rate of inflation, in the coming financial year".I worry that the public will think that boards have 7.25 per cent extra money to spend on improving services and starting new services.