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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

NHS spending up to £19k a time treating people suffering after overseas surgery, research finds

A woman's face being marked with pencil ahead of cosmetic surgery
Cosmetic surgeries and weight loss treatments were the most common reasons people went overseas for treatment. Photograph: Robert Daly/Getty Images

The NHS is spending up to almost £20,000 a time treating people who have suffered serious setbacks after having medical procedures abroad, research has found.

Hospitals are having to “pick up the pieces” when things go wrong for the growing number of Britons going overseas for weight loss surgery, breast enlargements or other operations.

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