Those who can afford to do so will already have been deserting the public sector for private alternatives. Others will dream that they too could get higher standards if the same approach was taken as they are used to in most other spheres of their lives. The truth is that these services need extraordinary sums of money to get them to a decent level. Overall, it has made hardly a dent after paying for salary increases and medical inflation. The salary bill and capital expenditure will have to grow by amazing amounts to create an excellent service.
Demand seems to grow exponentially.
No government anywhere in the west could hope to get elected on the proposition that taxes would be raised at the rates necessary. Nor can the answer be found just in greater efficiencies. Manufacturing and retailing can find savings as technology allows more and more volume to be put through. This just isn't possible with personal services, and technology in medicine tends to produce better, but not quicker or cheaper, solutions. You can see the same effect in legal costs, vets' fees and, indeed, the private healthcare sector.