What is Healthcare in the United Kingdom?
Most '''healthcare in the United Kingdom''' comes from the [[National Health Service]]. NHS treatment is free. There are charges for [[Prescription charge|prescription]]<nowiki/>s, [[dentistry]] and [[Eyeglasses|glasses]], but not everybody has to pay. The UK spent about 20% less per person than similar countries from 2010 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-11-28|title=The Primer: Unofficial two-tier system|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insight/the-primer-unofficial-two-tier-system/7033770.article|access-date=2023-02-11|website=Health Service Journal|language=en}}</ref> In 2023 the [[Institute for Fiscal Studies]] produced a report saying that the number of people working for the NHS in England will rise from around 1.5 million in 2021-22 to between 2.3 and 2.4 million in 2036-37. That would be about one in 11 workers and half of all [[public sector]] workers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Romei|first=Valentina|date=2023-08-29|title=One in 11 workers in England will be employed in NHS by 2036, IFS calculates|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b85c54d4-1fb4-431d-9523-dacfe877901e|access-date=2023-09-01}}</ref> People can pay for medical treatment. Some people pay because they dont want to wait. The NHS does not do [[Cosmetic surgery|cosmetic]] treatment. It will not do things the [[National Institute for Health and Care Excellence]] does not consider good value. [[Dentistry|Dentists]] and [[optician]]s are private businesses which mostly offer private treatment as well as NHS treatment. [[General practitioner]]s are mostly private businesses but very few do private work. NHS hospitals are allowed to do private work. It must not be more than 50% of their income.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beattie|first=Jason|date=19 September 2013|title=NHS hospitals performing record numbers of private operations in 'two-tier' health service|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hospitals-performing-private-operations-2286913|website=mirror}}</ref> Only a few specialist NHS hospitals in London do a lot of pri