Health Services: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 67469 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department holds on how much health tourism has cost the NHS in each of the last 5 years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Aug 2025
The Department does not currently hold data on the overall cost to the National Health Service of treating complications arising from procedures carried out overseas. However, we are actively exploring ways to better understand the scale and impact of the...