Question follow-through · 24561
Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help inform people of the potential risks of of undertaking (a) cosmetic or (b) elective surgery overseas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help inform people of the potential risks of of undertaking (a) cosmetic or (b) elective surgery overseas.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Government has engaged, and continues to engage, with partners to develop, update and promote key messages on public facing guidance. We worked closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to develop guidance for its online travel adv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with NHS England on the potential merits of making 70 extra higher anaesthetic training places available every year.
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12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the 7.5% cap on international student numbers at medical and dental schools in England.
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12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of clinical academics in the UK.
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12 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to engage with universities as part of the 10-year Health Plan.
Surgery: Consultants
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24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle sexual misconduct in the NHS.
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