Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67469

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 8 August 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department holds on how much health tourism has cost the NHS in each of the last 5 years.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not currently hold data on the overall cost to the National Health Service of treating complications arising from procedures carried out overseas. However, we are actively exploring ways to better understand the scale and impact of the...
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