Healthcare expenditure statistics for 1997 to 2023, produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts 2011.
Main points- Provisional estimates are that UK healthcare expenditure was around £292 billion in 2023; these are based on more timely but less comprehensive data sources than preceding years.
- Healthcare spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) decreased slightly to 10.9% in 2023 from 11.1% in 2022, as GDP growth exceeded healthcare spending growth.
- Total healthcare expenditure increased by 5.6% in nominal terms in 2023, but decreased by 1.4% after adjusting for inflation.
- Government-financed healthcare expenditure was around £239 billion in 2023, which is a real terms decrease of 2.1%.
- Total pharmaceutical spending reduced by 16.6% in real terms, the latest year for which data are available, caused by lower spending on the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme.
- Total long-term health and social care expenditure increased by 2.8% in real terms in 2022.