How much does the UK spend on health?
PESA 2026 table 4.2 records UK health spending of £257.5 billion in 2025-26. The printed label is “7. Health”. This is the health function, not an NHS-only total, and not the Health and Social Care departmental group.
Financial-year outturn. Table 4.1 is the UK total, not a department. Table 4.2 is spending by function, not by the department names used from 2021-22. Plans after 2025-26 are omitted. Do not add these to calendar-year JW2O or to TES.
| Financial year | 7. Health |
|---|---|
| 2010-11 | £119.9 billion |
| 2011-12 | £121.3 billion |
| 2012-13 | £124.3 billion |
| 2013-14 | £129.4 billion |
| 2014-15 | £134.1 billion |
| 2015-16 | £138.5 billion |
| 2016-17 | £142.6 billion |
| 2017-18 | £147.3 billion |
| 2018-19 | £152.9 billion |
| 2019-20 | £164.1 billion |
| 2020-21 | £218.6 billion |
| 2021-22 | £216.2 billion |
| 2022-23 | £212.7 billion |
| 2023-24 | £222.0 billion |
| 2024-25 | £242.4 billion |
| 2025-26 | £257.5 billion |
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Provenance
- Source
- PESA 2026 table 4.2
- Dataset
- 7. Health
- Published
- Date not printed on this extract. The file is PESA 2026.
- Coverage
- 2010-11 to 2025-26. Function total for the UK, nominal £ billion.
- Last updated
- 24 September 2026 (2026-09-24T08:05:00Z)
- Not combined with incompatible series
- Not the departmental group of a similar name. Not TES added again. Not TME. This is the health function, not an NHS-only total, and not the Health and Social Care departmental group.