2 weeks Ago By Thomas Coughlan
The Herald’s politics podcast On The Tiles sat down with former Prime Minister Bill English to discuss the challenges of the health system and how it might be reformed to do better. Where to begin with the health system? The Government spent 7.3% of GDP on health in the year to June 2024 , more than any year in history bar one, 2022, when temporary Covid measures pushed us to 7.
6%. When the Key-English Government left office, health spending was 5.9%, slightly lower than when it took office, when spending was 6% (spending rose, then fell as a proportion of GDP in the intervening 9 years).
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