There is no evidence that Cameron is trying to take away free healthcare.
Of course a universally affordable, efficient, high quality, safe and advanced healthcare system is an inherent good. But IMO it doesn't inherently matter if anything is state owned or privately owned for profit, just as long as it provides these things. Have you got any evidence that structural reforms will put what is good about the NHS in jeopardy?
(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Tue 3 Jan 2012, 20:33, 2 replies)

P.S...
Also, I notice that you go down the typical route of attacking Cameron's Etonian education. Take it from me as the council estate born, state educated holder of an MSc from a top 10 UK uni, it doesn't matter where you come from, just where you are going. The Tories had 40 years straight of state educated leaders, the longest such run of any UK political party. Cameron's leadership no more indicates the Conservatives are a party of elites than Blair's or Clegg's does for their parties. Please remember that many of the most notable people in the history of the left have been equally as posh as any right of center figure.
(Glucose-Maximus All over the world., Tue 3 Jan 2012, 20:34, closed)

^This

My wife moved from a job in private industry to work in the local hospital. She regularly rants about he amount of money being wasted. She still has to print out multiple copies of monthly reports and file them - just in case.

Could the NHS be run for x% less? Easily, but the cuts always come out of a reduced headcount (of frontline staff) rather than sorting out the antiquated working practices, etc.
(jono_h, Tue 3 Jan 2012, 21:06, closed)

I worked
for a large construction company on a city hospital where £100,000s were spent having the car park re-designed with multiple changes to the planned layout being requested by the hospital estate manager as it was being built...most of them purely cosmetic.

It was New Labour PFI that fucked the NHS.
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Tue 3 Jan 2012, 22:56, closed)