News about Elizabeth Marvel

JAN MOIR: Because of the junior doctors' strike, my hospitalization, which was supposed to take place today, was postponed. Mine is only one of 350,000 appointments lost in what is described as the most devastating attack on NHS history. Nonetheless, I count myself among the fortunate ones. Mine was a routine procedure, nothing major, and so little that to barely recognize a blip on the scale of medical demands. I can see that it is not urgent,' said the lovely lady who rang up last week to inform me that my appointment had been cancelled.' Well, I did not agree. Far from it. I'm lucky.