Can we afford the National Health Service?

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Publicly funded health care spending as a share of GDP in Western European countries:

Graph of health expenditure by countries

George Osborne’s plans:

Annual change in total NHS spend in England

Estimated public spending on health in the UK as a percentage of GDP,2015/16 to 2020/21:

Estimated public spending on health in the UK as a percentage of GDP

With thanks to Anita Charlesworth of the Health Foundation for her slides.