They try to counteract this, but the public at large are losing confidence. It will not be long before the politicians realise having so many sick people will bring our country's finances down, they stop taking the bribes (called donations and see that there is only one way to save us all from the cliff edge). Let’s have a Real Healthcare Service (I know it’s a dream but don’t wake me up, let me dream on). My dream plan is to divide the existing NHS into 3 groups: 

1. The Real Healthcare Service.

2. The Acute Trauma Care for emergency operations etc.

3. Diseases Care Service.
   

1. The Real Healthcare Service

Are centres (similar to GP practices) but now staffed by a Natural Health team whose job is to help you to get and be kept healthy. The team consists of a Nutritionist, Physical Therapist, Homeopath, a Nurse (coordinating – screening – testing - support) and Doctor for initial consultation (who would be trained in human biology, physiology, the real causes of diseases, nutrition and natural healthcare). You will register and go to this centre at least once per year for your total screening and more frequently if they find you are too low on the health scales. They will evaluate as a team the cause of the problem and the nurse will coordinate your recovery program. As this program will require you the patient, to follow the plan (food changes, nutrition, herbs, exercise and more) as closely as possible, you will need to agree a contract. Because health care centres are much cheaper to run (healthy people cost less than sick people) then you will pay a much lower national health contribution. Of course if you break the contract and do not follow the program, you will have to pay a charge for the wasted time. If you follow the contract and still do not get better, then you would have a refund credit equal to the above charge that yourself can transfer to another centre. In other words, you only pay for successfully keeping you really healthy and any treatments.  You have the choice. If you want to stay healthy and to pursue a healthy life then this is for you. If you find you cannot follow the plan then you will need to go to the Diseases Care Service. The funding comes from a basic grant per head. If you leave to go to the Disease Care Service your funding goes with you. This means the Real Healthcare Service has a vested interest in trying to keep you healthy.  

2. The Acute Trauma Care for emergency operations etc.

This does what it says and is basically what we already have except that it will only provide free emergency care in hospitals and clinics for acute medical conditions for UK citizens. The funding for all these unforeseen health problems will come from central government and the Disease Care Service Centres (for the inevitable treatments needed for the people who just opt for care for their diseases). Nothing else, such as cosmetic surgery and such like will be free.  Accidents (cars, sport, industrial, climbing etc) will be paid for from the appropriate travel insurance. Any airline or other travel companies will be financially responsible for bring anyone to the this country. ALL visitors to the UK will have to show a valid approved insurance policy and it will be a criminal offence to enter the country without insurance. The funds provided will be no more than 10% greater than the rates proven in the best run model Hospital Centres. This is to stop the empire building and poor services that so many hospitals provide compared to the best. As you get older (very old) the rare person who has not stayed fit and healthy will be able to go into the Holistic Long Term Care Centres that are part of the Real Healthcare Service where you will still able to live drug free.

3. The Diseases Care Service

Again this delivers exactly what it says. For those who cannot stick to healthy regimes at the Real Healthcare Centres (or the very rare person who did but still became sick) then the Disease Care Service is just like the existing GP practices that we have around the country today and staffed the same. The difference is these Centres will give up paying lip service to health programs (leaving that to the Real Health Care Centres) and just stick to drugs and other medical interventions. Eventually when the drugs and other interventions no longer work then they will give you minor operations. As the diseases progress you will eventually be admitted to a hospital for the major operations, paid for out of the Disease Care Service budget. It has another branch called ‘’Long Term Diseases Care’. When you have had your operation that did not work very well (or the drugs side effects have created so many problems, then become an inpatient at the Long Term Disease Care Home. These are under the control of the Disease Care Centre budget and are similar to the existing nursing homes now. The bad news is that you will pay a much higher rate of national insurance to pay for this expensive wasteful service, as it is very expensive to look after sick people compared to health people. Drugs, operations, everyone ending up in Long term care, these are very expensive.

The choice is still yours, you can opt back in to the Real Health Service – but don’t leave it too late……

                  ……………Now you can wake me up from my dreams