Health spending

Is £84 billion being spent on the NHS?

There is a way of calculating the figures to reach this number, but it’s unhelpful and contains some potentially misleading figures.

NHS pay deal: why are some staff not getting their promised rises?

Some NHS staff were told they would all get a 3% pay rise from April this year, but many won’t get the full rise until later this financial year.

Mental health spending in England

Around £12 billion was spent on mental health services by the NHS in England in 2017/18.

How much of the NHS budget is spent on people over 85?

Research suggests that by 2021/22 around 10% of health spending across the UK will go on those aged 85 plus.

How is the NHS funded?

Most of the money for the NHS comes from taxes in general, and some comes directly from employers and employees in the form of National Insurance contributions.

Satisfaction with the NHS peaked in 2010

Labour increased health spending from 1997-2010 by almost record levels. Satisfaction with the NHS peaked at 70% in 2010. It has since fallen to 57%.

The latest plans for NHS England spending outstrip both main parties’ manifesto pledges

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives’ NHS funding pledges at the last election were as big as the latest spending announcement from the government.

Spending on the NHS in England

How much will the government spend on health in England over the next few years?

Who’s paying £20 billion for the NHS?

The Prime Minister has announced that the NHS in England will receive £20.5 million more in funding in real terms by 2023/24. We’ve looked at where this might come from.

Health and social care: What do we spend?

We spent almost £150 billion on healthcare across the UK in 2016/17 and a further £31 billion on social care for adults and children.

NHS pay: what’s the deal?

A proposed new pay deal would see pay rise by between 4.5% and 29% over the next three years. That’s higher than expected rises under the current pay structure.

No-one knows the exact cost or benefit of the NHS internal market in England

A widely-quoted estimate of £10 billion as the cost of the NHS internal market can’t be backed up by the evidence.

NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?

NHS Scotland spending is planned to increase by £2 billion, accounting for projected inflation, between 2006/07 and 2018/19.

How much money does the NHS need and how much is it actually getting?

Experts said NHS England needed £4 billion in 2018/19. The government announced in November it will receive £1.6 billion, or £1.9 billion including capital spending.

NHS spending on mental health

NHS England spent £11.6 billion on mental health in 2016/17.

How much is spent on health and social care in the NHS?

Around 83% of English acute hospital trusts are in deficit so far this year. Social care spending has also fallen by £1.3 billion since 2010.

Is austerity linked to 120,000 unnecessary deaths?

A report estimates 120,000 more people have died since 2010 than would have if the mortality rate from 2001-10 had stayed the same. Restrictions on health and social care spending are one of several possible reasons for this.

Will £500 million make any difference to the NHS at winter?

Government after government has considered £500 million plenty of money to boast about giving the NHS to help deal with the extra pressures of winter.

Has the NHS got the money it asked for?

The NHS “got less than we asked for”, the chief of NHS England Simon Stevens told MPs in the Public Accounts Committee in January.

Election 2017: what the parties haven’t told voters

Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more.

Naylor Review: will the Conservatives sell NHS property to developers?

Readers have asked us to look into claims about the Naylor Review and its recommendations on selling NHS land.

What is the NHS budget?

NHS funding works differently across the country, but most of the budget comes from the Government.

Liberal Democrat Manifesto: NHS finances

What is the state of NHS finances?