Free healthcare to be guaranteed in independent Scotland’s Constitution

<p>Alex Salmond has proposed the inclusion of a right to free healthcare in the written constitution of an independent Scotland.&nbsp;</p><p>The first minister said the NHS in England was facing a programme of steady privatisation, but Scotland had a chance to choose a different path.&nbsp;</p><p><br>Supporters of the Union have accused Mr Salmond of scaremongering.</p><p><br>They have pointed out that health policy is devolved, with decisions about the NHS already made at Holyrood.<br>The founding principle of the NHS - set up in 1948 under UK Health Minister Aneuryn Bevan - was healthcare free at the point of delivery and based upon clinical need, not the ability to pay.</p>
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