Back of the Net, my wife too works for the NHS.
Yes a lot of them are run incorrectly, the nurses ,doctors ere are excellent and I only have praise for them.
The NHS are not in a bad state considering the way it is run. It is state run and the state don't have the funds to run it, people don't want to pay more tax but the continue to want everything provided for them.
Biggest problem with the NHS is the people of this country who continuously abuse it.
Again, I agree with all of that. For me, I think they need to franchise the running of services but cap any profits made as a percentage of budget, with any surplus reinvested in the service. Yes, some money would end up in people's pockets on this but the added corporate sensibilities that it would bring would get rid of many of the wasteful and inefficient practices currently in place and free up funds for where they are really needed, i.e. provision of front line services.