"Figure 17: Expenditure on healthcare in the UK by current public and private expenditure, 1997 to 2016","" "UK ","" "","" "Notes","1. All figures are provided in current prices, unadjusted for inflation" "Unit","£ billions" "","" "Year","Current private","Current public" "1997","10.2","41.6" "1998","10.5","44.4" "1999","10.7","49.0" "2000","13.5","51.6" "2001","14.8","56.5" "2002","15.8","61.9" "2003","17.5","68.1" "2004","17.4","74.9" "2005","18.4","81.2" "2006","18.8","88.4" "2007","20.8","93.3" "2008","20.8","100.0" "2009","21.6","108.9" "2010","22.7","111.2" "2011","24.0","113.7" "2012","24.2","116.3" "2013","25.8","119.5" "2014","27.2","125.6" "2015","28.8","129.5" "2016","29.9","135.5"