DrWith the election out of the way and a new Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government it will be interesting to see how the NHS actually fares given the size of the burgeoning national debt.

While Conservatives are often thought of as free marketeers and Lib-Dems are often thought of as being a bit lefty the rise of the so-called Orange Book Crowd in the Lib-Dems over recent years could make for interesting politics.  For the Orange Bookers are often not only more socially liberal than the most libertarian of Tories but they are more free-market than many Thatcherites.  While the NHS will suffer some cuts over the course of this parliament NFR believes that more complimentary private funding schemes could well come on to the radar screen of both the Conservatives and the Lib-Dems over the next five to ten years.

Watch this space…