Written question asked by Lord Palmer (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 9 January 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 January 2019. It was answered by Baroness Manzoor (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 January 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Tattooing
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tattoos have been removed at a cost to the NHS in England; and what is the total cost of such removals since 2009.
- Answer
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It is possible that tattoo removal procedures could be classified to a number of ‘skin excision’ codes within the OPCS-4 Classification. These procedures codes would be assigned for any type of skin excisions, for example, the removal of benign and malignant neoplasm. It is not possible to separately identify data specific to tattoo removal procedures.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- HL12716
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Expenditure NHS Plastic surgery Tattooing
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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