Financial pressures on the NHS are continuing to mount, with experts predicting a worrying £2 billion deficit in the NHS budget in 2015/16. With the supply of funding struggling to match growing demand, the NHS finds itself facing an unprecedented financial challenge. This infographic pulls together the latest facts and figures on NHS finances and the pressures on its purse, painting a picture of a service at boiling point. The NHS Confederation is calling for a commitment from politicians for a ten-year spending settlement on the NHS to give members the space to release the pressure.

1. NHS FINANCES Experts are predicting a £2bn deficit in the NHS budget
Increase in hospital admissions 2008-13 1,665,8054
Increase in operations 2008-13 1,988,3215
Up to
£17.9bn
a year is spent on
conditions related
to lifestyle 1
Cost of treating
long-term conditions
estimated to increase by
+£4.0bn
by 20163
STAFF PAY =40%
of NHS spending 2
UK NHS medicine bill 8
2012 £12.9bn
2015
£14.8bn
Cost of
£14.8bn of
£3.8bn
efficiency
savings
made since 20119 The Better Care Fund6
Cost of
implementing
Francis and Keogh
in 2013/147
£1.2bn
Procurement
savings
reduction in non-pay
costs of £2.0bn
by 2016
in 2015/16
up to
Increase in
funding in real terms 10
2010 £5.18bn
2013 £0.85bn
2016 £0.08bn*
* Planned
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The NHS Confederation is calling for a commitment from politicians for
a ten-year spending settlement on the NHS to give our members the space
to release the pressure. Find out more at www.nhsconfed.org/finance
1 NHS Confederation, Tough times, tough choices. 2 The concise NHS handbook 2013/14. 3 House of Commons Health Committee,
Managing the care of people with long–term conditions, June 2014. 4 Hospital Episode Statistics. 5 Hospital Episode Statistics.
6 NHS England. 7 Foundation Trust Network. 8 Office of Health Economics. 9 Department of Health Evidence to the Health Select Committee 2013.
10 Public Expenditure Statistics Analysis 2013. © NHS Confederation 2014. INF38901