In two years time the Conservative Party conference of 2014 will take place just a few months from the General Election. The Conservatives will not want to go into that Conference with their opinion poll placing on the NHS as far behind the Labour Party as it is now.
The next election will be won and lost on whom the electorate trusts most with a very fragile economy. It is certain that this will be the most salient issue for the public when they decide who to vote for.