Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 53422
Dental Services: Medical Treatments Abroad
Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr 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.
Answer
Karin SmythThe 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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