28-Feb-18, GOV.UK
India’s healthcare market is estimated to grow to US$280 billion by 2020. The government health service spends only 1.4% of GDP on healthcare service. The 4.7% of GDP spent on healthcare overall reflects the out of pocket expenditure most Indians make.
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Three UK NHS Trusts and 11 UK healthcare companies took part in a trade mission to India in Feb-18, offering training and consultancy including:
- A proton therapy school
- Cardio-thoracic robotic surgery
- The 100,000 genomes project
- A collaboration with Google’s Deep Mind