And to get it they have set targets. By 2008 no one should be waiting more than three months for any stage of their treatment. Gone are the controversial and frankly unreliable statistics, about how many people are waiting. But the trick will be to deliver all that's been promised. We already know that the GPs are in a mood to resign.
Many nurses are worried about their futures.
Patients are becoming more assertive. And don't take the managers for granted either. So stay tuned for some big battles ahead. The next five years will determine whether the NHS can be reformed and refashioned, to provide those basic principles of comprehensive care, free at the point of delivery, or whether after 55 years it should be considered eligible for early retirement. Every four years, just before a general election is called, a number of senior civil servants from every Department of State in Whitehall hold a secret meeting.