Rod Stewart visits Essex hospital and pays for day of patients’ MRI scans

Singer said he wanted to pay for scans elsewhere in the UK to help people get treatment more quickly

Rod Stewart visited his local NHS hospital on Friday and paid for a day of scans for patients to help reduce waiting lists.

The singer-songwriter, 78, said he wanted to “prove I’m not all mouth and trousers” and added he would like to pay for scans elsewhere in the UK.