Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49677
Plastic Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 7 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 surgery undertaken by British Nationals abroad.
Answer
Karin SmythThe 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.