The NHS Vs Private practise debate has been raging for years now, and to date there has been no definitive decision made on how to move forward on the matter. On the one hand there is the move Gordon Brown looked to be taking but a few months after he became Prime Minister, where a stronger lean would be away from the privatisation of practises that were seen as excessive of the former Minister.

Only a short time after such a stance of such concrete nature was being made, the direction was changed in favour of a primary care contract which was handed over to private companies. With all the changes being made and unmade the future of the NHS is far from stable, the only stable truth in all of this is that people will continue to get ill and they will continue to need the knowledge and expertise of professional, qualified doctors.

While the UK’s government debates as to whether to follow the example of the French and charge high prices for services that are essential; such as seeing a doctor or outpatient procedures; or make a return to the drawing board and aim to enhance the already struggling NHS. With no clear direction from the government, will numbers heading away from uncertainty into the caring arms provided by private health insurance increase?