How much cake is cut for health spending?

[Northerner]

The total waiting list for routine surgery in England rising above four million patients for the first time in a decade has focused minds again on whether more money should be invested in the NHS.

A raft of NHS England targets missed again, including waiting times for operations and the A&E four-hour benchmark, led one senior health official to argue that the system was "unsustainable" without enough resources to deliver what the public expected.

New analysis shows that health spending in the UK expressed as a share of national income (GDP) is just above the average for the European Union.

So does that mean the UK is spending enough on the NHS? Or is there still a need for higher funding?

Comparisons between UK healthcare spending and other leading economies in the past have been difficult because of varying definitions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40903924

 

[mikeyB]

The UK spending on health is way less than the US, but the service is universal. I think that demonstrates that raw spending is not a good reflection of the service provided, though I don't doubt this info will be rounded in to the smoke and mirrors of Tory propaganda.