In the past 50 years, spending on the NHS in the United Kingdom has increased from 3.4 per cent to 8.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). If the next 50 years follow the same trajectory, the United Kingdom could be spending nearly one-fifth of its entire GDP on ...
An informed public debate is needed about both the level of future spending on health and social care, and how that spending might be funded. With this in mind, The King's Fund, in collaboration with Ipsos MORI, held two deliberative events with members of the general public.