Question reference: S6W-25942
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 1 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent by the NHS on treatment for patients who have experienced complications resulting from cosmetic medical aesthetic procedures in each of the last five financial years, also broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This information is not centrally collected. When NHS Scotland treats someone who has suffered harm from a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that has gone wrong, NHS Scotland will not necessarily record that this was the result of that procedure as there is no specific code to record this. This means that it is difficult to assess the cost to NHS Scotland of treating harm or complications that may have been caused.