Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76492
Plastic Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Question
Josh Fenton-Glynn
Labour — Calder Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the NHS treating complications arising from cosmetic surgery undertaken by British nationals abroad in the last three years.
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.