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New analysis suggests overseas cosmetic and obesity surgeries are costing the NHS up to £20,000 per patient when complications arise. A review of "surgical tourism" found patients often spend weeks in ...

Researchers calculated the costs to the NHS from people having their surgeries abroad and then needing care in the UK, with figures ranging from £1,058 to £19,549 per patient, although there was some ...

Complications from cosmetic and obesity surgery abroad are costing the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) nearly £20,000 per ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said his “strong advice” to British travellers was to think carefully ...

Across all income levels, bariatric surgery resulted in better diabetes control than GLP-1s or similar medications, a study ...

A review of surgical tourism found people can spend several weeks in NHS hospitals when they return home from having procedures. | ITV National News ...

The postoperative complications of medical tourism may be costing the NHS up to £20,000 per patient, suggest the findings of a rapid review of the available data, published in the open access journal ...