For
the UK, annual GDP (2025) is around £3,040tr. Government and real estate are around 31% of
GDP (19% and 12%), making current market sector GDP around of £2,100bn. 1% of that is 21bn, 0.01% (a basis point) is
210m.
What should we compare this with? https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/summary-page-and-dataset-for-eric-2024-25#top says we spend
1. £1.6bn per annum cleaning bills for the NHS
2. £0.8bn per annum on inpatient food.
