No charge here Ebbie, we have the National Health Service!

In the past nine years I've had at least ten hospital-stays (the last one earlier this year lasted a month), two major open-surgeries for gall-bladder/pancreas/bile-duct issues, five endoscopies, numerous ultrasound/CT/MRI scans, drugs,, yadda-yadda-yadda. Cost billed? Zero, zilch, nada, nothing - all covered by the National Health Service.

Despite the criticism frequently hurled at the service (mainly for failures and shortcomings not of its own making, but resulting from the decisions of politicians), it's a fantastic organisation providing care and treatment, free at point of delivery, which comes through for the patient when they need it most.