Daz, so good to hear that the all clear has been sounded. You are right, for some things the NHS is excellent and cannot be replaced. They all begin with C.
Cancer
Children
Childbirth
Cardiac
Casualty

i.e. the Big Life and Death stuff. Anything else and I'm afraid its everyman for himself. And to be honest, its all very well bleating on 'I pay my taxes so I have a right...' etc etc, but the cost of just doing the above is as much as the economy can stand. If we all took large chunks of responsibilty to balance the big heavy rights we demand, things would be better all round.
But...sigh...there'll always be those sponging b*stards that take advantage.