At the junction of Cirencester and London Roads in Cheltenham is a Victorian Drinking Fountain. It carries - as you might expect of pious Victorians - a carving of Christ with the woman at the well and the inscription "Praise God from whom all blessings flow". What I especially like about it is this further inscription on its north face: "The Public are expected to protect from Injury that which was erected for the public good". It made me think of the NHS. It is a remarkable and marvellous conception, a credit to the United Kingdom and its people. And one being injured by muddled public policy and the interested of private providers and their shareholders.