Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 22 May 2025.
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 dental surgery undertaken by British nationals abroad in the last 12 months.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department does not hold data on the overall costs to the National Health Service of treating complications arising from cosmetic, including dental, procedures undertaken overseas. We are exploring ways to improve our understanding of the scale and impact of these costs on NHS services.
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