I’ll never be an astronaut
I don't understand how the author can praise NHS for providing this expensive surgery free of charge, whilst simultaneously noting the hundreds/thousands of patients who die while on the surgery waiting list.<p>Not to be morbid, but every time a patient dies before this surgery, the NHS saves £50-100,000. So is it really a successful system if the only way to make the budget work is letting folks die? Why on earth would the author not be gleefully prepared to pump a little bit, or a lot, of his private funds into this system in order to improve on his chances of survival?