In response to the tweet – which attracted over 21,000 likes and 4,000 retweets – many of Jamil’s followers began to share their support for the tweet, sharing their own stories and tributes to the NHS.

“We’re currently filing bankruptcy as a result of our son’s five-month hospitalisation,” one of Jamil’s US followers wrote. “We need universal healthcare in the US.”

Another added: “I’ve had 100 operations since 2006. The NHS is the most prized possession this country has. If I was in America I would never have afforded to get better.”

Jameela Jamil’s powerful words on the NHS are going viral for all the right reasons