Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject Clause 17 to protect the NHS from overseas buyers, opening the way for health care to be delivered somewhere between aisles 16 and 17. The Government insisted that the NHS will continue to be free at the point of access, at least until you reach the checkout till.
Customers, or patients as they were once known, will still get full treatment or the choice of a delicious range of frozen pizzas. Your local A&E will conveniently be relocated to your nearest ASDA branch, in a small kiosk next to Timpson.
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