What the UK spends on healthcare each year, public and private, across all four UK nations. This is broader than the NHS budget announced at a Budget, which is day-to-day funding for the health service in England. When it rises, more of the country's resources go to health; when it falls, health competes harder against every other call on money.
Source: Office for National Statistics
Coverage: UK
Elderly patients face 12-hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency
The Independent · Jane Kirby · 29 July 2026
Mass. Senate wants to address primary-care doctor shortage
The Independent · Jamie Perkins · 21 July 2026
Millions of social care workers to get annual NHS-style pay rises in move that risks triggering strikes
Daily Mail · 16 July 2026
Care workers to get annual NHS-style pay rises
The i · Jane Merrick · 15 July 2026
SEND staff sacked under NHS reforms in threat to children's care
The i · Connie Dimsdale · 14 July 2026
Reporting from the left, centre and right of the press.
Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts
The Guardian · Andrew Gregory · 7 August 2026
Mental health services to expand after £2m funding
BBC News · Hsin-Yi Lo · 4 August 2026
Will Yvette Cooper’s new mental health centres offer anything new?
The Spectator · Isabel Hardman · 6 August 2026
The latest figures across all Health metrics.
A&E · Category 1: life-threatening (7 min target)
8 min 5 sec+13 sec
June 2026
A&E · Category 2: emergency (18 min target)
32 min 31 sec+3 min 18 sec
June 2026
12-Hour Waits
49,466−746
June 2026
Seen Within 4 Hours
75.0%−0.7%
June 2026
Attendances
2.4m−19.5k
June 2026
Waiting Over a Year
104,734+5k
May 2026
Seen Within 18 Weeks
65.6%+0.6%
May 2026
Waiting List
7.2m+60.2k
May 2026
Primary Care · Salaried
12,953+36.6
May 2026
Primary Care · Partners
15,109−11.3
May 2026
GP Numbers
28,956+30.9
May 2026
Primary Care · Telephone
7m−465k
May 2026
Primary Care · Face-to-face
17.6m−1.3m
May 2026
Appointments
29m−2m
May 2026
NHS Workforce · Nurse
£43,083+0.6%
April 2026
NHS Workforce · Resident doctor
£77,920+0.4%
April 2026
NHS Workforce · Consultant
£147,473+0.2%
April 2026
Total NHS Staff
1.4m−5.8k
April 2026
Staff Sickness
5.1%−0.3%
March 2026
Available Beds
128,091−1.8k
2026 Q1
Staff Vacancies · Number (FTE)
100,165+85.2
2025 Q4
Staff Vacancies · Vacancy rate
6.7%+0.0%
2025 Q4
Hospitals · MRSA
1,064+154
2024/25
Hospitals · C. difficile
18,970+2.1k
2024/25
