The following table shows the total national health service expenditure for each year since 1990—the outturn position (this is what was spent by the NHS); and Government funding given to the NHS in each year (this is inferred by adding the reported surplus/deficit position for each year to the outturn position).
£ million Overall NHS surplus deficit1 Net NHS expenditure2 (estimated outturn in 2005-06) Government funding given to the NHS calculated by summing outturn to overall NHS surplus deficit position Cash3 1990-91 125 22,326 22,201 1991-92 103 25,353 25,456 1992-93 53 27,968 28,021 1993-944 130 28,942 29,071 1994-95 25 30,590 30,615 1995-96 250 31,985 31,735 1996-97 460 32,997 32,537 1997-98 122 34,664 34,542 1998-99 19 36,608 36,589 Resource budgeting stage 15 1999-2000 129 40,201 40,072 2000-01 111 43,932 44,043 2001-02 71 49,021 49,092 2002-03 96 54,042 54,138 Resource budgeting stage 26,7 2003-04 73 64,184 64,257 2004-058 258 69,308 69,050 2005-069 547 76,339 75,792 1 Deficit figures for 1990-91 to 1995-96 are from the relevant published summarised accounts. Deficit figures for 1996-97 to 2004-05 are from audited summarisation schedules. 2 Figures are not consistent over the period (1971-72 to 2007-08), therefore it is difficult to make comparisons across different periods. 3 Expenditure pre 1999-2000 is on a cash basis, however overall NHS surplus/deficit position has been calculated from individual organisation accounts on a resource basis. Therefore, have assumed equivalence between cash and resources for these years. 4 Deficit excludes £171 million adjustment for change in policy for payment of PDC dividends. 5 Expenditure figures from 1999-2000 to 2002-03 are on a stage 1 resource budgeting basis. 6 Expenditure figures from 2003-04 to 2007-08 are on a stage 2 resource budgeting basis. 7 Figures from 2003-04 include a technical adjustment for trust depreciation. 8 Includes a technical adjustment in 2004-05 for provisions of £-1,497 million. 9 Total deficit is provisional and excludes foundation trusts.