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Plastic Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad

Asked by Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 September 2025UIN 76493

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to measure the cost to the public purse of NHS expenditure on treating complications arising from cosmetic procedures undertaken abroad.

Answered by Karin Smyth

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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