Over the weekend, Nick Clegg had a piece in the Telegraph in which he extolled the virtues of NHS reform. He wrote:
“As it approaches its 60th Birthday, the NHS is at a crossroads. As with all our public services under Labour, good intentions have gone awry under the iron fist of central control. Money has been poured in, but it hasn’t delivered the first-class health service Britain deserves …. So what next? There are no more bucketloads of cash to pour in. Instead of only asking “how much” we spend, it’s time to focus on “how” we spend it …. A People’s NHS would replace top-down targets with personal entitlements to high-quality care. A “patient contract” would guarantee core treatments in all areas and deliver meaningful choice …. To drive the NHS to deliver, everyone should have the right to private treatment, paid by the NHS, if the waiting time is exceeded.
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