Sir Rod Stewart put his money where his mouth is when he visited his local NHS hospital and paid for a day of scans in a bid to help cut waiting lists.
The Maggie May rocker, 78, showed up at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, to prove he's "not all mouth and trousers" after calling a live phone-in on Sky News last month to offer to cover costs for patients who faced huge waits for treatment.
Not shying away from his megastar roots to do his good deed, Sir Rod arrived at the hospital in a white Rolls-Royce and shouted "hi everyone" as he climbed from the car.
Wearing a cream roll-neck jumper, knee-length coat, black trousers and dark blue trainers, he shook hands with a series of NHS staff outside a mobile MRI scanning unit and posed for photographs.
Explaining how he came to pay for a day of scans at his local hospital, Sir Rod said: "I had just come from my scan in a private clinic near Harley Street.
"I walked in and said, 'I'm terribly sorry I'm half hour late'.
"They said, 'don't worry, there's hardly anybody in here today'.
"There were eight people with hardly anything to do.
"Then I thought this is a terrible injustice, so here we are."
He said he was "here not to talk about politics, please, because otherwise it overshadows what we're trying to do" despite telling Sky News last month he was on the side of striking nurses and called for them to be given a fair deal.
Celtic-daft Rod, who has had six number one hits in the UK charts, said he would like to pay for scans elsewhere too.
"If this is a big success, which I think it will be, I'd like to do it in Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, and just keep it going, and hope some other people follow me," he said.
"Because I want to prove I'm not all mouth and trousers and that's why I'm here to prove that I followed through with it, ok folks."
He added: "There must be enough money in the coffers to pay up for these nurses - only two years ago we were clapping and now...
"Bless them, they work so hard, salt of the earth."
The hitmaker, who regularly attends Celtic games in Glasgow, said it was "ridiculous" so many people were waiting for care across the country when he made his original pledge to help in January.
Pressed on the state of the NHS during his visit today, the pop star said: "We've got to sort this out, really.
"We're in dire straits."
Stephanie Lawton, chief operating officer at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, said Sir Rod paid for a day of scans at the hospital which would help reduce their waiting list by around 10 per cent, or around 20 patients.
"Rod's a local resident, we're his local hospital, we're really delighted to be working with him and his team for the benefit of patients and doing everything we can to reduce the waiting lists," she said.
Ms Lawton added: "It would be fantastic if he would continue to work with us.
"We've got a charity, he would be a massive supporter for the organisation. We would be delighted if he wanted to continue the links."
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