The Strategy Unit January 2021
- NHS specialised services provide care for people with complex or rare medical conditions. Treatments for these conditions are often expensive: While specialised services support a small proportion of the population, approximately one-sixth of the total NHS budget - over £19 billon - was allocated to this area in 2019/20.
- The reports published here, address two important and enduring questions about specialised services:
- To what extent do specialised services follow patterns of need?
- What factors are driving the rapid increase in spend on specialised services?
