Politely, I'm not sure I can agree with that. You could argue the problem is that it's badly run, but the counter is that it's been substantially underfunded for a long time now, and the problems now are primarily down to that issue.
(See below a report from the FT, hardly a lefty rag.)
As for chemists, haven't they always been private entities? Regardless, if independence and/or privatisation solves the problem, why are we suffering so badly in terms of dental health?
Health Foundation points to scale of NHS cuts, while NAO shows service struggling with inflation and staff shortages
www.ft.com