Re: Well known services...
Of course it doesn't apply in Wales. The devolution referendum was years ago, and Health is a devolved matter. That's why we get free prescriptions here and the English NHS patients don't. I assume you don't visit the doctor very often.
The NHS is a National service, i.e. the Wels nation has a national health service, ditto, the English nation and the scottish nation, and I assume the people of the north of Ireland.