Plastic Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 7 May 2025.

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Photo of Peter Bedford Peter Bedford Conservative, Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of correcting cosmetic surgery undertaken by British Nationals abroad.

Photo of Karin Smyth Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

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.

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