What I am trying to say, from post 1, is we have a business that runs our NHS and not politicians, public run companies have gone catastrophically wrong for ever. We don't need to lose infrastructure, we just need to run the NHS slicker. Business knows how to run business, politicians know how...
Where blueprints go and as far as I'm concerned, there needs to be a cross party/private business solution to the crisis that is the NHS. Let business take hold of this mess we have. Let them solve the problem, and if they make a buck and we're happy what does it matter? The way it is right now...
The fact you said it is the 5th biggest employer in the world says everything about why it fails so badly. I would guess (yes guess) that one fifth of those are on the front line.
I absolutely know where you're coming from, and yes, they appoint people to run the NHS. However, politicians being politicians do not, ever, appoint the right people to do a job. Look at the NHS now, it is at an all time low and offering less and less emergency services. People are dying...