In 2020/21, of the total 219 NHS providers, 33 were in deficit in the UK. Foundation trusts and trusts that provide acute services accounted for the majority of providers in deficit. In 2018, the 5-year NHS funding plan stated no provider should be in deficit by 2023/24. This statistic displays the number of National Health Service providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service.
Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service
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Statistics on National Health Service finance in the UK
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Healthcare expenditure in the UK 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP in the UK 1980-2021
- Basic Statistic Private healthcare expenditure in the UK 1997-2020
- Premium Statistic Health expenditure per head in the United Kingdom 2012/13-2020/21, by country
- Basic Statistic Public sector spending in the United Kingdom 2021/22
- Basic Statistic Department of health and social care's spending in England 2007/08-2024/25
- Premium Statistic NHS providers in deficit in the UK 2020/21, by service
Expenditure
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- Basic Statistic Public healthcare expenditure United Kingdom 1997-2020
- Premium Statistic Public healthcare spending as share of GDP in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic Governmental health expenditure UK 2020, by health function
- Premium Statistic Distribution of governmental health expenditure UK 2019, by health function
- Basic Statistic Governmental health expenditure UK 2020, by provider
- Basic Statistic Distribution of governmental health expenditure UK 2020, by provider
Operating income and expenses
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Health care activities
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- Premium Statistic Human health and social work activities gross value added (aGVA) in the UK 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Purchases in human health and social activities in the United Kingdom 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Human health and social work activities: net capital expenditure in the UK 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Social work activities for the elderly and disabled: purchases in the UK 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Social work activities for the elderly and disabled: Expenditure in the UK 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Turnover of residential care activities in the United Kingdom 2008-2020
Public opinion on NHS funding
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- Premium Statistic Health conditions that should be prioritized if the NHS had extra funds England 2018
- Basic Statistic Public opinion: in favor of increasing taxes to fund NHS 2015-2019
- Basic Statistic Public opinion: biggest problems facing the NHS in Great Britain 2019 & 2021
- Basic Statistic Public opinion: support for NIC tax increase UK 2021, by age and party affiliation
- Basic Statistic Public opinion: impact of raising NIC on the NHS UK 2021
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- NHS trusts' surplus/deficit in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010/11-2019/20
- NHS foundation trusts capital expenditure in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015/16
- Number of staff in NHS trusts by skill in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013/14
- NHS and adult social care funding gap in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2031
- Percent of GDP spent on the NHS in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2031
- Percent of GDP spent on the NHS and adult social care in the United Kingdom 2015-2031
- Patients' opinion on support received after hospital discharge in England 2021
- Number of nurses employed by the NHS in Italy 2012-2019
- Budget expenditure on the NHS and adult social care in the United Kingdom 2015-2031
- Patients' opinions on understandability of answers from nurses England 2021
- Budget expenditure on the NHS in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2031
- Confidence and trust patients have in doctors in England in 2021
- Number of hotel property and estates staff in the NHS in England 2004-2022
- Public opinion on the standard of NHS services United Kingdom (UK) 2017
- Value of trust bank funds in Japan FY 2011-2020
- Italy: public trust in institutions 2017
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- Number of staff in NHS trusts by skill in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013/14
- NHS and adult social care funding gap in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2031
- Percent of GDP spent on the NHS in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2031
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- Patients' opinion on support received after hospital discharge in England 2021
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- Budget expenditure on the NHS and adult social care in the United Kingdom 2015-2031
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UK Department of Health. (January 21, 2022). Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department of Health. "Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service." Chart. January 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department of Health. (2022). Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department of Health. "Number of National Health Service (Nhs) Providers in Deficit before Impairment and Transfers in The United Kingdom during 2020/21, by Service." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department of Health, Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Number of National Health Service (NHS) providers in deficit before impairment and transfers in the United Kingdom during 2020/21, by service [Graph], UK Department of Health, January 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/490065/nhs-foundation-trusts-in-deficit-in-the-united-kingdom/