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[Rods2]

All government monopolies are badly and inefficiently run, they insist on monopolies as they cannot and will not compete with private businesses.

The French health system where it is run as a public/private system split about 50%/50% on every outcome measure is streets ahead of the NHS, which is one of the worst in Europe. We also have one of the worst admin to frontline spending ratios in the world.

There are a multitude of different health systems in Europe and ours is so good or so Liebourites tell us, none are so stupid as to copy our Stalinist system.

[Gaffers]

The french system is 70/30  Public/private for most things but 100% for the really expensive stuff or long term care.  Things like glasses non-routine dental and hearing aids are 100% personal.  The personal contribution is normally covered by employers health insurance and depending on the policy can cover up to 100% of the stuff that is not covered by the state.  I liked the level of care I got from the french system at worst it was on a par with the UK, at best it was amazing.  The bureaucracy was a friggin pain though.

[TheBoy]

Close it down. Problem solved. It can't be fixed.

If we want an NHS, we have to create a new one, and that can't be done in parallel to the crap one we already have.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I tend to agree with that. The current model doesn't work and cant be made to work.
It was introduced in the false belief that it would be busy for a while until the health needs of the people at the time were attended to. Then it would become less significant and be there if needed.
It has since grown into a national sacred cow, with an appetite for money which cant be satisified.
Its worshippers tend to preach that not only is it the best health service in the world , but the only alternative is a U.S. type of system.
Imo both of these are far from the truth.