The NHS does need reform in many ways because in its current form it leaks money, taxpayer's money, our money.
Parallel to this is the expectations of the taxpaying public, which appear to be infinite, in terms of expecting NHS Treatment for every ailment. Whilst I appreciate that many want to keep themselves and their relatives alive irrespective of any other considerations, there are times when expensive treatments are futile.
My DM had L4 cancer, aged 78, but still aggressive treatments were used and ended in an early, quick, painful death due to sepsis; my own thoughts were considered an heresy, that really all she needed was help to accept the inevitable and die in peace in her own home with palliative care. Instead she died tubed up in an impersonal HCU environment, after an ambulance, A&E, etc.
The costs to the NHS were not viable and cost many thousands that could have been spent on people that had a good chance of living for many more years.
The NHS has saved my life many years ago, after an accident, and afterwards too, and so much I appreciate that, but there does come a point where we have to accept our own bodies, our own health and the lifespans that 'life' deals us isn't always what we, or our relatives, would prefer.