Today I am quite thankful for being in the UK and having the NHS. It’s easy to take this for granted and in the UK it is not uncommon to moan about this wonderful socialist creation as we forget that in many other countries free health care is just a dream. Until the Labour government of 1948 introduced this people who could not afford it had no health care.

Today I phoned my doctor for an appointment and by midday had some better pain killers and a referral to Orthopaedics who my doctor thinks will want to give me a scan as I have been seeing my chiropractor for 6 months. She suspects a trapped nerve or something.

I have to wait for an appointment but that is still pretty impressive stuff.

This year is the 60th celebration of the NHS and I really believe it is something we should both be proud of and not take for granted. Next time I am tempted to moan I shall try to remember that this is a real privilege of living where I do.