Spending on health in the UK is the second lowest per head in the major industrialised countries but average compared to the world’s 25 largest economies according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
But contrary to public perception the NHS is efficiently administered compared to other countries mainly due to being free at the point of care.
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