Rejected petition Government commitment to spend at least 11% of GDP on total health expenditure.

The NHS is a world-class leader in health care despite continued critical underfunding.

The UK currently spends 9.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Total Health Expenditure. This puts us 13th out of the 28 EU states. The average spend of the top 5 countries on this list is 11.36% of GDP.

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We can't continue like this. The British Red Cross has had to step in to help with the humanitarian crisis. Many Hospital Trusts are now on black bed alerts – recently rebranded as Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) 1-4.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/operational-pressures-escalation-levels-framework.pdf
http://apps.who.int/nha/database
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2016/01/how-does-nhs-spending-compare-health-spending-internationally

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Date submitted 6 February 2017
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