Presumably Nick Clegg find himself in the unfortunate position of having backed the wrong political horse.  Having allied himself and his party to the vile Tories such that they are effectively indistingushable, I suppose he must be worrying that in the event that the "coalition" was to fall his party would be obliterated in the polls.  Anyway, he's made some last minute effort to support the Tories' bill to destroy the NHS while trying to look as thought he's fighting to save the NHS (Clegg calls for 'probing questions' on NHS bill | Society | The Guardian).

Clegg: "Let me be absolutely clear. There is nothing, nothing, nothing in any of the government's plans which in anyway threaten the basic founding principles of the NHS...There is no question, legally or politically, of the secretary of state under these new arrangements being somehow able to wash his or her hands of the NHS."

Andrew Lansley, the man who may well go down in history as the man who destroyed the principal of free health care (surely a human right in a humane modern society) in the UK is unrepentant:

Clegg's move means that Lady Williams could be backed by Liberal Democrat ministers if she attempts to amend the bill to guarantee that the health secretary has a legal duty to deliver a comprehensive health service free at the point of need.

But a source at the Department of Health indicated last night that Andrew Lansley, the health secretary – who has already amended the bill after the government's "listening exercise" – would not accept fresh amendments on this point.

A Health Secretary without a legal duty to preserve a comprehensive health service?  Do tell me how this will save the NHS.