LaingBuisson has published the thirty-seventh edition of their UK Healthcare Market Review

SPONSORED BY CMS

The Review offers a comprehensive overview of 12 months of publications from LaingBuisson, covering key sub-segments of the UK independent healthcare and social care sectors. Written and edited in January 2026, it offers a reflection on how these sectors have navigated recent economic turmoil and changes in government policy.

As the chosen provider of independent healthcare market data to the UK Government’s Office for National Statistics, LaingBuisson contributes market data that is in turn submitted to the OECD, WHO and Eurostat and combined with their international datasets to benchmark UK spending against other nations.

The much-respected Review provides a snapshot of the state of key segments making up the UK’s healthcare and social care market, covers:

  • Health and social care under Labour
  • UK healthcare expenditure
  • Commercial outlook and transactions
  • Private Acute Healthcare
  • Health Cover
  • Private Healthcare Self-Pay
  • Diagnostics
  • Dentistry
  • Mental Health Hospitals
  • Care Homes for Older People
  • Adult Specialist Care
  • Later Living
  • Special Education
  • Children’s Residential Care
  • Foster Care
  • Care cost benchmarking

Information included in UK Healthcare Market Review includes current market value and capacity, recent trends, market concentration, leading players, funding sources, and key issues for the future. The report provides a clear and concise overview of the role of private payors and independent sector providers, alongside the public sector, in the funding and delivery of UK health and care services.

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