UK healthcare expenditure data by financing scheme, function and provider, and additional analyses produced to internationally standardised definitions.

Data sources: England & Wales - Office for National Statistics (ONS)Scotland - National Records of Scotland (NRS)Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)Coverage: United Kingdom The boundaries used have been generalised using a point remove algorithm for web display using the following thresholds:Euro Regions - 250 metres Local Authorities - 150 metres Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) - 100 metres Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) - 75 metres Output Area (OA) - 50 metres The boundaries have been set to display at the following scale thresholds: Euro Regions - > 1:4,000,000 Local Authorities - 1:300,000 – 1:4,000,000 Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) - 1:100,000 – 1:300,000 Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) - 1:40,000 – 1:100,000 Output Area (OA) - < 1:40,000The currency of this data is 2011.

Deaths covering Smoking only to 2019.

Health Index scores at national, regional, and upper- and lower-tier local authority level for England, including indicator details to construct the Index.

The tables provide data for adults (defined as people aged 16 and over).

In 2024, there were approximately *** million health professionals in employment in the United Kingdom, the highest amount in the provided time interval. This included *** thousand medical practitioners. The statistic presents the total number of employed and self-employed health professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2024.

The government of the United Kingdom spent over 221 billion British pounds on health in 2023/24, compared with 212.7 billion pounds in 2022/23.

• to provide annual data about the nation’s health;
• to estimate the proportion of people in England with specified health conditions;
• to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions;
• to examine differences between population subgroups in their likelihood of having specific conditions or risk factors;
• to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found, and which groups these combinations most commonly occur;
• to monitor progress towards selected health targets
• since 1995, to measure the height of children at different ages, replacing the National Study of Health and Growth;
• since 1995, monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children.

The survey includes a number of core questions every year but also focuses on different health issues at each wave. Topics are revisited at appropriate intervals in order to monitor change.

Further information about the series may be found on the NHS Digital Health Survey for England; health, social care and lifestyles webpage, the NatCen Social Research NatCen Health Survey for England webpage and the University College London Health and Social Surveys Research Group UCL Health Survey for England webpage.

Changes to the HSE from 2015:
Users should note that from 2015 survey onwards, only the individual data file is available under standard End User Licence (EUL). The household data file is now only included in the Special Licence (SL) version, released from 2015 onwards. In addition, the SL individual file contains all the variables included in the HSE EUL dataset, plus others, including variables removed from the EUL version after the NHS Digital disclosure review. The SL HSE is subject to more restrictive access conditions than the EUL version (see Access information). Users are advised to obtain the EUL version to see if it meets their needs before considering an application for the SL version.

COVID-19 and the HSE:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the HSE 2020 survey was stopped in March 2020 and never re-started. There was no publication that year. The survey resumed in 2021, albeit with an amended methodology. The full HSE resumed in 2022, with an extended fieldwork period. Due to this, the decision was taken not to progress with the 2023 survey, to maximise the 2022 survey response and enable more robust reporting of data. See the NHS Digital Health Survey for England - Health, social care and lifestyles webpage for more details.

The Health Survey for England, 2017: Special Licence Access is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 9084.

Latest edition information:
For the third edition (May 2023), a number of corrections were made to the data file and the data documentation file. Further information is available in the documentation file '8488_hse_2017_eul_v3_corrections_to_ukds.pdf’.

The United Kingdom Digital Health Market Report is Segmented by Technology (Tele-Healthcare, Mhealth, Healthcare Analytics, and More), Components (Software, Hardware, and More), Application (Chronic Disease Management, Preventive & Wellness, and More), End-User (Hospitals & NHS Trusts, Primary Care & GP Practices, and More). The Market and Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Value (USD).

Hospital services are currently being stretched at the seams as they struggle to navigate financial constraints and workforce shortages while appointment waiting times remain high. Hospitals faced unrivalled pressure during the COVID-19 outbreak and this necessitated the release of significant government funding to help hospitals boost their capacity to treat afflicted patients. According to the King’s Fund, NHS funding rose from £148.9 billion in 2019-20 to £191 billion in 2020-21. Hospitals are still facing long elective backlogs, growing by around 100,000 cases monthly, according to the BMA. Over the five years through 2024-25, industry revenue is therefore expected to marginally rise at a compound annual rate of 0.2% to reach £115.1 billion. Hospitals are contending with stagnant real-term funding growth, exacerbated by inflationary pressures in the three years through 2024-25 and increasing demand for healthcare services due to a growing and ageing population. NHS England has a planned 2024-25 budget of £165 billion in real terms, which is only a 0.2% rise on 2023-24. In March 2025, the government announced plans to abolish NHS England, in a move to remove administrative hurdles it feels are preventing improvements in the hospital sector. Hospitals have been pressured to manage costs while dealing with a workforce crisis, highlighted by dependency on temporary staff to maintain safe staffing levels. Public healthcare budgets have failed to keep pace with soaring demand. Hospitals are struggling to match pre-COVID-19 activity levels, which has boosted demand for private hospitals as more patients seek private treatment. As a result, industry revenue is projected to grow by 0.9% in 2024-25. Revenue is estimated to climb at a compound annual rate of 2.3% over the five years through 2029-30 to £128.7 billion. Hospitals’ performance will depend on how much funding is available for an already over-burdened institution. The Labour government’s plan for hospitals over the next decade will be released in spring 2025 which will determine what resources are at the industry’s disposal in the coming years. With workforce shortages projected to worsen without substantial investments in training and recruitment, hospitals will need a plan to build a sustainable long-term staffing model. Dependency on international recruitment will become more of a challenge as global healthcare systems grapple with their own workforce shortages. Embracing technological advancements and digitisation like virtual wards will be key to improving efficiency and patient care, with planned capital funding aimed at transforming medical technology.

According to a survey carried out in the United Kingdom in 2023, almost ** percent of the public trusted their health data to be handled securely by GP practices and NHS hospitals and clinics. The least trusted types of organizations in the UK were the local and national governments, followed by health technology companies.

The Health Survey for England series was designed to monitor trends in the nation's health; estimating the proportion of people in England who have specified health conditions, and the prevalence of risk factors and behaviours associated with these conditions. The surveys provide regular information that cannot be obtained from other sources. The surveys have been carried out since 1994 by the Joint Health Surveys Unit of NatCen Social Research and the Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. Each survey in the series includes core questions, e.g. about alcohol and smoking, and measurements (such as blood pressure, height and weight, and analysis of blood and saliva samples), and modules of questions on topics that vary from year to year. The trend tables show data for available years between 1993 and 2016 for adults (defined as age 16 and over) and for children. The survey samples cover the population living in private households in England. In 2016 the sample contained 8,011 adults and 2,056 children and 5,049 adults and 1,117 children had a nurse visit. We would very much like your feedback about whether some proposed changes to the publications would be helpful and if the publications meet your needs. This will help us shape the design of future publications to ensure they remain informative and useful. Please answer our reader feedback survey on Citizen Space which is open until 18 June 2018.

The United Kingdom Health and Medical Insurance Market is Segmented by Policy Type (Individual Policies, Group/Corporate Policies), Coverage Type (In-Patient Only, Comprehensive, and More), Distribution Channel (IFAs, Direct-To-Consumer, Bancassurance & Affinity Partnerships, and More), End User (Individuals & Families, Smes, and More), and Region. The Market Forecasts are Provided in Value (USD).

Healthcare expenditure statistics, produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts 2011.

Subcategories may not sum to aggregates due to rounding.

The tables are in Excel format and provide data to accompany each topic. The Methods tables provide more detailed analysis of survey response than the summary tables in the Methods report. They also include details of the quality assessments of the blood, saliva and urine samples to accompany Section 9 of the Methods report. Adults are defined as people aged 16 and over.

The size of the UK Health Check-up Market was valued at USD 2.11 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 3.19 billion by 2032, with an expected CAGR of 6.08 % during the forecast period. The UK health check-up market is growing steadily because of increased awareness of preventive health and the importance of early disease detection. With the rising health costs and the prevalence of chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, more people are opting for routine health check-ups to monitor their health and prevent potential issues. UK government initiatives, like the NHS Health Check program, where free check-ups are available for adults between 40 and 74 years of age, are fueling the demand in the market. Moreover, private health care providers are offering general health check-ups that include cardiovascular health tests, diabetes tests, cancer tests, and overall well-being tests to attract a broader audience. Another area through which the corporate wellness programs have benefited the market is in corporate health check-ups offered by employers as part of their benefits packages. With an increasing level of public awareness and the trend toward taking proactive steps to healthcare, UK health check-up market expansion is going to continue further. Recent developments include: In June 2023, the digital NHS Health announced the launch of a new health check in England in spring. This government initiative is launched with a motive to cover 1 million people in first four years and alleviate the pressure on GP surgeries. , In June 2021, NHS staff and thousands of patients are expected to benefit from thirty-eight new AI projects announced with a motive to accelerate diagnosis and revolutionize care in UK. .