We had an NHS 25 years before we joined the then EEC, it would appear that the NHS is gradually being sold off regardless of whether or not we remain in the EU. It is simply down to affordability, the harsh truth is that treatments and survivabilty have increased drastically but with issue that many of the people who survive longer need very expensive life long treatments, and in many cases facing lives that are not worth living. The other problem is that if a treatment fails the NHS is often sued with the NHS often ending up paying £millions in damages. The harsh truth that we cannot afford the NHS as it is now. Should the NHS be funding the costs of drug abuse? Sporting injuries? Reckless activities such as tombstoning, fighting, getting piss up, Reckless driving the list goes on and not forgetting old scroats and others who call the doctor every time they sneeze.