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Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 84375

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many British citizens have died as a result of elective overseas surgery in each of the last five years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The data requested is not held centrally by the Department.

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