Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53422

Dental Services: Medical Treatments Abroad

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid 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.

Answer

Karin Smyth
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 im...

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