© Nuffield Trust Authors: Sheelah Connolly, Gwyn Bevan and Nicholas Mays Selected figures January 2010 Funding and performance of healthcare systems in the four countries of the UK before and after devolution

© Nuffield Trust Policy and organisational characteristics of the four countries of the UK

© Nuffield Trust Male life expectancy at birth in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Female life expectancy at birth in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust NHS expenditure per capita in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Hospital medical and dental staff (whole time equivalents) per 1,000 population in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust General practitioners per 1,000 population in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Hospital management and support staff (whole time equivalents) per 1,000 population in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland* (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Inpatient admissions per 1,000 population in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006) and Scotland (1996, 2002)

© Nuffield Trust Inpatient admissions per hospital medical and dental staff member in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006) and Scotland (1996, 2002)

© Nuffield Trust Day cases per hospital medical and dental staff member in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Percentage of the population waiting less than three months for outpatient appointment in England,* Wales and Northern Ireland (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Percentage of category A ambulance calls met within eight minutes in England, Scotland and Wales (1999 to 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Percentage of the population reporting satisfaction with the general running of the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland* (1996, 2002 and 2006)

© Nuffield Trust Selected socio-economic indicators for the UK, English GORs, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Standardised mortality ratios (males and females separately) of the nine English GORs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Life expectancy at birth of the nine English GORs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Selected health indicators for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the North East region of England (2006; England = 100)

© Nuffield Trust Total NHS expenditure per capita for the nine English GORs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Available hospital beds per 1,000 population for the ten English SHAs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Hospital medical and dental staff (whole time equivalents) per 1,000 population in the ten English SHAs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff (whole time equivalents) per 1,000 population in the ten English SHAs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust General practitioners per 1,000 population in the ten English SHAs and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Inpatient admissions per 1,000 population in the nine GORs of England and England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Inpatient admissions per hospital medical and dental staff member in eight regions of England and England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Inpatient admissions per nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff member in eight regions of England and England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

© Nuffield Trust Percentage waiting more than 13 weeks for inpatient admission or day case for the ten English SHAs, England, Wales and Northern Ireland (March 2008)

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