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David Cameron speech on NHS reforms; ENGLAND: London: Ealing Hospital: INTDavid Cameron MP (Prime Minister) speech SOTSix weeks ago, we announced a pause in our plans for the modernisation of the health service / Since then there's been a whole flurry of debate / Column inches have been written. Concerns aired. Passions raised / That goes to show something I've known all along: that the NHS is the most important thing to Britain's families / Well, let me tell you this / It's the most important thing to my family too / That's why, over four years ago, I got up on a platform like this and said that you could sum up my priorities in just three letters, N-H-S / Since then, if anything, the feeling has got stronger. My determination to deliver a first-class, world-class health service - that's got stronger. My determination to make sure the poorest people get the best care - that's got stronger. My determination to protect the core principle of the NHS......that all have access to healthcare regardless of their wealth...that's got stronger. That's what fires me - and I know that's what fires everyone else. We have an institution - a precious idea - that says we are in this together; looking out for each other. So this government will never, ever take risks with the NHS. We will make it better. That's why, despite all the financial constraints, we are protecting the NHS budget from cuts. This year, and the year after, and the year after that, NHS funding will increase in real terms. What's more, since we've come to office: We have introduced a new cancer drugs fund, helping 2,000 patients get access to drugs they would have previously been denied. We have cut the number of times a patient has been placed in mixed-sex accommodation without justification by half. We have kept up the pressure on hospital-acquired infections, reducing the number of cases of MRSA and C Difficile. And for the first time in a long time, we have made sure the number of doctors in our NH...