It’s an excellent hospital. My consultant/surgeon was one of the top hepatobiliary surgeons in the country. I was most impressed when, in 2014, he was featured in a BBC TV series repairing the burst liver, and thus saving the life of, a farmer who had been crushed when one of his animals fell on top of him. The whole operation was conducted in a calm, matter-of-fact, ‘all in a day’s work’ atmosphere, nothing at all like the manic, rushing around, everyone-shouting-at-the-same-time kind of pandemonium we see on American TV dramas such as ‘ER’.

Long Live the NHS. And God Help Us if we’re ever reduced to a US-style healthcare system.