The NHS in a nutshell

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Capital investment in the NHS

The amount of capital investment into the NHS has increased in recent years but hasn’t kept pace with the rapidly increasing backlog maintenance.

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The NHS budget and how it has changed

The total budget for the Department of Health and Social Care in England and how it has changed since 2007/08.

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How the NHS is funded

The NHS is mainly funded from general taxation and National Insurance contributions.

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Accident and emergency (A&E) waiting times

Accident and emergency (A&E) waiting times are one of the most high-profile indicators of how hospitals are performing. How is A&E performance measured and what influences how long people wait?

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NHS workforce

We know the NHS is facing a workforce crisis, but how many people work in the NHS in England, and what do they do?

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Activity in the NHS

Over the past 10 years, it has often been stated that the NHS treats more than a million people every 36 hours, but is that still true? We analyse NHS activity pre-Covid-19 and explore some of the underlying trends that lie behind these headline statistics.

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Health inequalities

Inequalities in health can be measured in many different ways. Here we look at how health life expectancy and life expectancy differs across the country.

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The number of hospital beds

Over the past three decades the number of hospital beds has been declining in England. This is a result of medical advances and a shift in policy towards providing treatment and care outside hospital.

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Trusts in deficit

Increasing numbers of NHS providers are facing financial difficulties. The latest figures for 2016/17 show that 51 per cent of all trusts are planning to end the year in deficit.

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Spending on public health

On a like-for-like basis, spending on public health will actually fall by 5.2 per cent, from £2.6 billion in 2013/14 to £2.5 billion in 2017/18.

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International recruitment in adult social care

The social care sector would struggle to function without its international workforce. Immigration policy, particularly after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, should be designed with the social care sector in mind.

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International recruitment in the NHS

The NHS would not be able to function without its international workforce, who account for 1 in every 8 people who work in the health service.