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NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board: money, staff and waiting times
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£9.1bn for NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board in 2028-29, £3,003 per resident, +0.9% on a year earlier after inflation.
Figure as of unknown date. Source: NHS England.
Key figures
- £9.1bn2028-29, cash +2.7% on a year earlier
- £3,003Per resident, 2028-29
- 63.3%Waiting under 18 weeks (England), 2026-07 England: 65.3%
- 136.6 per 1,000 residentsWaiting list per 1,000 residents (England), 2026-07 England: 121.7 per 1,000 residents
- 67,420 FTENHS staff, full-time equivalent (England), 2026-07 England: 1,369,177 FTE
Sources: NHS England, NHS England (formerly NHS Digital).
Over time: cash, real terms and per resident
Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices. Breaks in the series: 2019-20: Wales: Bridgend moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf on 1 April 2019, forming Swansea Bay and Cwm Taf Morgannwg university health boards; their series start then. 2020-21: Health spending from 2020-21 to 2022-23 includes Covid-19 testing, vaccines and other pandemic costs. 2022-23: England: integrated care boards replaced clinical commissioning groups on 1 July 2022. 2023-24: England: Health Education England merged into NHS England on 1 April 2023 (DHSC core tables). 2026-27: England: 42 ICBs became 36 on 1 April 2026 after mergers. The allocations restate 2025-26 on the new boundaries; waiting-list figures by ICB start in April 2026. 2026-27: England: the government announced in March 2025 that NHS England would be merged into DHSC; later PESA editions and DHSC accounts may present its budget differently. 2026-27: Scotland: NHS Education for Scotland and NHS National Services Scotland merged into NHS Delivery on 1 April 2026.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Cash |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £8,412.4m | £8,412.4m |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £8,444.5m | £8,613.9m |
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2027-28Details for 2027-28 | £8,495.4m | £8,834.1m |
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2028-29Details for 2028-29 | £8,567.8m | £9,075.6m |
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Figure as of unknown date. Source: NHS England.
Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Per resident, 2025-26 prices | Per resident, cash |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £2,783 | £2,783 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £2,794 | £2,850 |
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2027-28Details for 2027-28 | £2,811 | £2,923 |
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2028-29Details for 2028-29 | £2,835 | £3,003 |
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Figure as of unknown date. Source: NHS England.
Source: NHS England, ICB allocations 2026-27 to 2028-29: combined workbook.
Where it sits, and what is below it
- UK total
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- Department or service body
- Local body (this level)
- Spending category
- Line or transaction
NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
Allocations, not outturn: NHS England’s recurrent allocations to the ICB for core services, primary medical care, delegated specialised services, and pharmacy, optometry and dental services. 2025-26 is NHS England’s baseline restated on April 2026 boundaries; 2027-28 and 2028-29 are planned. Non-recurrent funding and running costs are left out (see extra.england.icbs). Per head divides by ONS residents of the local authorities the ICB mainly covers, not NHS England’s weighted population.
£9.1bn in 2028-29 (cash); £8.6bn in 2025-26 prices; £3,003 per resident; +2.7% on a year earlier in cash, +0.9% in real terms.
| Spending category | Cash, 2028-29 | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Per resident | Real change on a year earlier | Source | Below this |
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Core services: hospital, community and mental health careDetails for Core services: hospital, community and mental health care | £6.8bn | £6.4bn | £2,241 | +0.9% | NHS England | Line or transaction not published: NHS England does not publish a finer split of the core allocation; each ICB reports what it spent in its annual accounts, which are PDF documents. |
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Specialised services delegated to the ICBDetails for Specialised services delegated to the ICB | £1.3bn | £1.2bn | £437 | +1.7% | NHS England | Broken down below |
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Primary medical care (GP services)Details for Primary medical care (GP services) | £674m | £636m | £223 | −0.6% | NHS England | Line or transaction not published: NHS England does not split the primary medical care allocation further. |
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Pharmacy, optometry and dental servicesDetails for Pharmacy, optometry and dental services | £307m | £290m | £102 | 0.0% | NHS England | Line or transaction not published: NHS England publishes the pharmacy, optometry and dental allocation as one figure for each ICB. |
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Specialised services delegated to the ICB
£1.3bn in 2028-29 (cash); £1.2bn in 2025-26 prices; £437 per resident; +3.6% on a year earlier in cash, +1.7% in real terms.
| Line or transaction | Cash, 2028-29 | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Per resident | Real change on a year earlier | Source | Below this |
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Specialised physical health servicesDetails for Specialised physical health services | £769m | £726m | £255 | +0.4% | NHS England | |
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High-cost drugs and devicesDetails for High-cost drugs and devices | £461m | £435m | £152 | +4.2% | NHS England | |
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Specialised mental health servicesDetails for Specialised mental health services | £91m | £86m | £30.16 | +0.2% | NHS England | |
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Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.
What is recorded alongside the money
These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.
| Measure | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | England | Period |
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Waiting under 18 weeks (England)Details for Waiting under 18 weeks (England) | 63.3% | 65.3% | 2026-07 |
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Waiting list per 1,000 residents (England)Details for Waiting list per 1,000 residents (England) | 136.6 per 1,000 residents | 121.7 per 1,000 residents | 2026-07 |
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NHS staff, full-time equivalent (England)Details for NHS staff, full-time equivalent (England) | 67,420 FTE | 1,369,177 FTE | 2026-07 |
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The share of incomplete RTT pathways with a known clock start that had been waiting 18 weeks or less at the end of the month. Each nation measures this differently, so it is never compared across nations. Target: 92% within 18 weeks (NHS Constitution standard).
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | England |
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2026-04Details for 2026-04 | 62.6% | 64.9% |
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2026-05Details for 2026-05 | 63.2% | 65.5% |
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2026-06Details for 2026-06 | 63.4% | 65.8% |
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2026-07Details for 2026-07 | 63.3% | 65.3% |
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Figure as of unknown date. Source: NHS England.
The RTT waiting list divided by ONS mid-year residents of the local authorities the ICB mainly covers (the latest estimate for the month's calendar year). Residents, not GP-registered patients. Each nation measures this differently, so it is never compared across nations.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | England |
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2026-04Details for 2026-04 | 135.0 | 121.1 |
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2026-05Details for 2026-05 | 134.3 | 122.1 |
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2026-06Details for 2026-06 | 134.9 | 122.0 |
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2026-07Details for 2026-07 | 136.6 | 121.7 |
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Figure as of unknown date. Source: NHS England.
Hospital and community health service staff employed by NHS trusts and core organisations (NHS England workforce statistics), full-time equivalent, at the end of the month. By ICB it counts the staff of the trusts in the ICB’s area, who also treat patients from elsewhere. Excludes GP practices and other primary care staff. Annual (September) figures before the last twelve months.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board | England |
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2009-09Details for 2009-09 | 44,997 | 1,002,298 |
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2010-09Details for 2010-09 | 45,492 | 1,012,217 |
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2011-09Details for 2011-09 | 45,316 | 993,466 |
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2012-09Details for 2012-09 | 43,457 | 975,876 |
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2013-09Details for 2013-09 | 43,837 | 973,261 |
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2014-09Details for 2014-09 | 44,512 | 994,358 |
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2015-09Details for 2015-09 | 49,145 | 1,014,218 |
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2016-09Details for 2016-09 | 50,699 | 1,037,054 |
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2017-09Details for 2017-09 | 51,359 | 1,052,963 |
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2018-09Details for 2018-09 | 52,667 | 1,074,209 |
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2019-09Details for 2019-09 | 54,950 | 1,110,816 |
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2020-09Details for 2020-09 | 57,626 | 1,161,193 |
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2021-09Details for 2021-09 | 59,647 | 1,205,362 |
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2022-09Details for 2022-09 | 61,075 | 1,239,868 |
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2023-09Details for 2023-09 | 63,922 | 1,308,825 |
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2024-09Details for 2024-09 | 65,775 | 1,359,358 |
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2025-07Details for 2025-07 | 66,678 | 1,372,429 |
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2025-08Details for 2025-08 | 67,020 | 1,374,032 |
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2025-09Details for 2025-09 | 67,291 | 1,377,897 |
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2025-10Details for 2025-10 | 67,518 | 1,379,191 |
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2025-11Details for 2025-11 | 67,700 | 1,379,812 |
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2025-12Details for 2025-12 | 67,804 | 1,377,448 |
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2026-01Details for 2026-01 | 67,935 | 1,379,163 |
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2026-02Details for 2026-02 | 67,773 | 1,379,060 |
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2026-03Details for 2026-03 | 67,861 | 1,379,670 |
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2026-04Details for 2026-04 | 67,587 | 1,373,838 |
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2026-05Details for 2026-05 | 67,512 | 1,371,058 |
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2026-06Details for 2026-06 | 67,582 | 1,370,441 |
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2026-07Details for 2026-07 | 67,420 | 1,369,177 |
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Figure as of 24 September 2026. Source: NHS England (formerly NHS Digital).
What these figures do and don't show
- Each nation runs its own NHS. Budgets, targets and waiting-time measures differ between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so performance is compared within a nation, never across them.
- Allocations are not spending. An integrated care board’s allocation is what it is given to plan and buy care; outturn is what was spent. They are labelled and never added together.
- Per head needs a named denominator. Figures here divide by ONS resident population; the NHS’s own per-head figures often use GP-registered patients, which run higher.
- Covid years are different. Health spending from 2020-21 to 2022-23 includes testing, vaccines and protective equipment.
- Nothing here shows cause and effect. Money, staff and waiting times are shown side by side; demand, age and ill-health differ between areas.
Where this sits: Health, United Kingdom → Health, England → NHS England → NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board. Figures from data/services/nhs.json, generated 29 September 2026.
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Sources for this page
| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
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| ICB allocations 2026-27 to 2028-29: combined workbook | NHS England | — | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| Referral to treatment (RTT) waiting times: full CSV extracts | NHS England | — | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| NHS Workforce Statistics, July 2026: trusts and core organisations CSV (Core 1) | NHS England (formerly NHS Digital) | 24 September 2026 | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
Each source's figures are used under the licence shown. Our own words, analysis, charts and derived calculations are ours, under CC BY 4.0.