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Rod Stewart pays for day of MRI scans at Essex hospital

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Rod Stewart visited his local NHS hospital in Harlow, Essex yesterday (February 24) and paid for a day’s worth of MRI scans to help reduce the waiting lists.The artist said he wanted to prove that he wasn’t “all mouth and no trousers” amid his recent comments about the state of the NHS.

He also said he wanted to pay for scans elsewhere in the UK.According to the Princess Alexandra Hospital’s chief operating officer, Stephanie Lawton, Stewart’s donation cut their waiting list for MRI scans by 10 per cent.

In total, 20 patients were able to receive their scans that day thanks to Stewart’s help.Stewart called into a Sky News phone-in last month where he decried the state of the NHS, criticising the “ridiculous” waiting lists which are currently some of the longest on record.

It was during this conversation that he pledged to pay for scans to help cut the waiting lists.Stewart said he was inspired to make the gesture after getting a scan himself in a private clinic in Harley Street.“I walked in and said, ‘I’m terribly sorry, I’m half an hour late.’ They said, ‘Don’t worry, there’s hardly anybody in here today,” he explained. “There were eight people with hardly anything to do.

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