In 2018, the yearly amount that wound care cost the NHS was estimated at £8.3 billion. That is worth ten years of the UK’s flood defences; it is the cost of running London’s police service, fire service and entire transport system combined.
It is equivalent to the whole of the UK’s foreign aid budget and its energy department. It is also, almost certainly, an underestimate.
Since 2018, pressure on the NHS has increased dramatically, with waiting lists remaining near record levels. For wound care in particular, this is a problem because chronic wound treatment relies on fast diagnoses to secure quick recovery.
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