"Figure 6: Government-financed healthcare expenditure rose, in real terms, from £74.1 billion in 1997 to £166.7 billion in 2018","" " Government-financed healthcare expenditure in nominal and real terms, UK, 1997 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures are presented in real terms, adjusted for inflation using the gross domestic product (GDP) deflator (series: IHYS)." "Unit","£ billions" "","" "","Nominal terms","Real terms" "1997","49.5","73.5" "1998","53.2","78.1" "1999","57.7","83.9" "2000","61.0","87.1" "2001","66.4","93.9" "2002","73.7","102.0" "2003","80.7","109.3" "2004","89.4","118.1" "2005","96.4","124.2" "2006","104.8","131.3" "2007","110.2","134.6" "2008","118.4","140.6" "2009","127.8","149.2" "2010","131.0","150.6" "2011","134.9","152.1" "2012","139.0","154.1" "2013","140.9","153.3" "2014","147.3","157.5" "2015","150.9","160.3" "2016","156.8","163.2" "2017","160.2","163.5" "2018","166.7","166.7"