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Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2018. It was answered by Steve Barclay (Conservative) on Friday, 19 October 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of GDP spent on healthcare in the UK compared to the proportion spent by other EU countries.

Answer

The latest year for which data for all European Union countries is published on a comparable basis is 2015. Total health spending as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product for 27 EU countries is published by the EU and is available at the following link:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Current_healthcare_expenditure,_2015_FP18a.png


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
177576
Session
2017-19
Subjects
EU countries Health services Finance NHS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk