United Kingdom: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | 70,000 |
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Tourists 2019 | 40.9 million |
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Population 2021 | 66.9 million |
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There is a wide mix of public and private healthcare services. OECD and WHO surveys regularly shoot down claims by politicians that the NHS is the best healthcare service in the world.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
International Passenger Survey data:
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) estimates that 20,000 people travel abroad annually for cosmetic surgery. Surgery carried out abroad includes breast augmentation, tummy tucks and facelifts. They do not say where they get the figure from.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
The government has never shown the slightest interest in promoting business that brings millions into the UK.