I agree with T, that WE, at this point in time, cannot afford the NHS as it stands.

That is not to say that a publically funded NHS is not viable, under a different social/economic system, with a populace which does not buy into "grab what you can consumerism" ...and which does not believe in a mantra of entitlement to a high standard of living, just for being born.

Capitalism has failed in the West.....even the Americans are coming to believe that...and all the alternatives will mean hard times for us and our spoilt children.
Hard times will mean hard measures, the idiocy of much of the rights agenda will have to be abandoned....when children are starving and the bullets start flying, the rights of religious, sexual or racial minorities will be stuck back in the locker.
Survival will be the only game in town.