hip

The pain was centred in her hip and initially coincided with her menstrual cycle, but developed to be a constant, agonising problem.

She was celebrated in music with her name featured in songs including the 1998 song "Rebel Without a Pause" by hip hop group Public Enemy and "A Song for Assata" by the rapper Common.

When Labour came to power, there were 7.6 million patients on waiting lists for treatments such as knee and hip replacements with 58.8% waiting less than 18 weeks.

“It was a spectacular kind of hip, indie video store that had just about any and every film you could ever want,” he says.

But instead he spent it alone in a hotel room in Lithuania recovering from hip replacement surgery after being told he could expect a three-year wait for NHS treatment.