I am so grateful that I live in the uk and my family and I are covered on the NHS for all our health care. I am steroid dependant asthmatic and I don't have to pay for any of my drugs or the medications that keep my pcos under control. Through the tax credits system here I'm entitled to free prescriptions, free dental and free eye exam and a voucher towards the cost of my glasses. Because I am eligable for the tax credits medical exemption certificate so is Paul.

I don't know how we would cope with prescriptions charges, medical bills from ambulances and A&E trips if we didn't have the NHS.

In January 2008 I found a lump in my breast. I went to the doctors who refered me to ST Barts hospital where I was seen within 2 weeks. I had a consultation, a scan and a needle biopsy all on the same day. I waited in the hospital for a couple of hours and I got the results the same day. The lump isn't cancer but I am being monitored by the same team. I have had 2 major operations on my legs, countless physiotherapy sessions, 2 high risk pregnancies and countless trips to A&E with my asthma sometimes being admitted to the ward, once to intensive care. All was covered by the NHS.