8pm: Phone your sister in the USA to update her on your mother who had a heart attack a few days ago.

Your sister's American father-in-law was bankrupted by hospital bills after a heart attack, but your mum in the UK won’t have to sell her home to pay for healthcare. The paramedics who saved her life, her angioplasty and hospital stay were all paid for by the NHS out of our taxes and national insurance payments.

Your mother is now back home, and has help from social services, so you can continue to work while supporting her in her recovery. She will soon start a free NHS exercise class, and is getting help to move to a healthier lifestyle. This will cut down her chances of another attack. As she is over sixty, she also gets all her medicines free.

We'd like to hear how public services help you every day. We'd like to use good stories and the best will be made into a video which will be available online.

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