For an institution widely believed to be on life support, the health service shows signs of vibrant health when it comes to inclusivity.
Take me, as the late Max Miller might have put it. Seldom does a month pass without the NHS – ‘our NHS’, technically, if only to Tory politicians with lavish private health insurance – graciously including me in one way or another.
Over the last couple of years, I have been such a regular at the Royal Free Hospital in north London that I