Service that silenced the sceptic: Expecting resentment from staff, Clarkson instead found kindness, efficiency and unexpectedly good hospital food. Expecting resentment from staff, Clarkson instead found kindness, efficiency and unexpectedly good hospital food. Bottom line:For a man who’s made a career out of roaring engines and roaring opinions, Jeremy Clarkson has always reserved a special kind of scorn for the NHS. Just nine hours after his latest tirade against the health service hit breakfast tables, Clarkson was racing to an NHS hospital himself, clutching more than just his pride. With private treatment hours away, he checked into an NHS hospital in Oxford, bracing himself for hostile nurses and bitter tea.

Source: The Times October 12, 2025 12:30 UTC