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Plastic Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad

Commons · Question 76492 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the NHS treating complications arising from cosmetic surgery undertaken by British nationals abroad in the last three years.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Sep 2025

The Department does not have data on the overall costs to the National Health Service for treating complications from cosmetic procedures conducted overseas. We are exploring ways to improve our understanding of the scale of the cost to the NHS.