I quite liked both films non of the belligerence of many campaigns. The e-mail was a terrible idea and begs the question of what she was worrying about when writing it.
as for GP/hospitals they are payed for through taxation and national insurance i was lead to believe.
Until there is some sort of statutory distance you have to travel laid down then it will be at the authorities whim how far is far enough never a good situation particularly when that authority has everything to gain by playing its face.