• I HAVE recently returned from the United States where I tripped and needed two stitches to my lip. The doctor’s bill for that is $1,279 and I await the bill for the hospital’s emergency room, bathing of wounds and tetanus injection.

Whatever our gripes about the NHS we really are fortunate to have a health service free at the point of use and with dedicated doctors and nurses doing an incredible job under less than perfect conditions.

GILLIAN CROW
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