Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 25
11th Report – Cosmetic procedures
Published 18 Feb 2026
Addressed to Government Equalities Office
Women and Equalities Committee Health impacts of breast implants and other cosmetic procedures All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should assess whether outlets in the UK that are recruiting patients for medical treatment overseas should be brought into a regulatory regime and be subject to investigation and, where necessary, sanction. (Recommendation, Paragraph 97) Body image
From: Women and Equalities Committee, 11th Report – Cosmetic procedures (HC 869), 18 February 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 18 April 2026, 197 days ago.