Health spending as a share of GDP remains at lowest level in a decade

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As a share of GDP, spending on health in the UK in 2018/19 was roughly the same as it was in 2011/12, and is only marginally above where it was in 2008/09.
This is the result of low growth in health spending, which has risen by 1.6% a year on average since 2011/12, around the same rate as GDP growth.
This is less than half the long-run trend of growth in health spending, which is 3.6% a year in real terms.
In 2018/19 the UK spent around £153bn on health, in 2019/20 prices. This is...

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