Wes Streeting have promised protect Britons traveling abroad for Brazilian space lifts (BBL) and other cosmetic surgeries.

After several deaths linked to the treatmentsthe health secretary said he will work to improve safety for those going there Turkey and elsewhere for procedures including BBL and abdominoplasty.

He warned British travelers searching low cost operations to think carefully before accepting offers that are “too good to be true”.

And Mr Streeting said: “I think we need to take this issue of medical negligence and malpractice overseas very seriously.”

It comes after several women lost their lives in recent years after traveling to Turkey for discounted surgery.

Mr Streeting added: “My strong advice to UK travelers is that if the offer looks too good to be true, I suspect it is too good to be true and I think very carefully before you fly abroad and pay what looks looks like a kind of rock bottom attractive price, because you may have to pay the consequences for several years as a result of damages, which in the worst case can be life-changing.

“I am committed to working with international partners to try to improve the safety of Britons abroad.

“But we also need to send a strong message to the British public to manage the risks, to do their homework and think very carefully before accepting offers that are too good to be true.”

Asked if the NHS should pick up the pieces when things go wrong, he said: “We will never turn away people who are in need of care but this is another pressure the NHS does not need.

“So I would urge Britons – before traveling abroad – to think very carefully before accessing the cosmetic treatments currently being marketed at rock bottom prices.”

Kaydell Brown, 38, from Sheffield, signed up for several operations in Turkey but died after going to theater on March 26 this year.

In an interview with ITV News, her sister Leanne said: “She went in for surgery at 9.30am and that was the last time I saw her.”

Another patient, Isabella Crawford, has told how she thought she was going to die after flying home with blood pouring from her open wounds.

The 20-year-old flew to Turkey in February after a surgeon recommended she have a “mummy makeover” – which included a tummy tuck, a breast lift, liposuction and a Brazilian butt lift.

A new inquest heard how Hayley Dowell, 38, suffered medical complications at a private clinic and died after having a Brazilian butt lift, tummy tuck and liposuction last October.

And a coroner said Janet Lynne Savage, 54, of Bangor, died after major arterial trauma during a gastric bypass weight-loss procedure in Turkey in 2023.

Foreign Office data shows that at least six Britons died in Turkey in 2023 after traveling abroad for medical procedures.

In total, 28 British nationals have died in the country after planned surgery since 2019, the data shows.

A UK Government spokesperson said: “We urge anyone considering a medical procedure abroad to review our travel advice and relevant guidance from the NHS and other professional bodies.”

According to the Foreign Office website, “the standard of medical facilities and available treatments can vary widely globally and even within countries”.

As well as deaths, it said “some UK nationals have also experienced complications and required further treatment or surgery following their procedures”.

It said anyone considering traveling to Turkey for treatment should discuss plans with their own doctor or dentist, adding that “private companies have a financial interest in booking your treatment and their literature should not be your only source of information”.

The website said the Foreign Office “cannot usually help if you have traveled abroad for medical treatment, for example if you have problems with the care you receive or the costs involved.

“Planned medical treatment is considered a commercial arrangement.”

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS National Medical Director, said: “The NHS will always be there for those who need it, but should not be left to pick up the pieces of broken BBLs.

“Not only are they potentially fatal, they have the highest mortality rate of any cosmetic procedure, but questionable tweaks and operations leave the NHS to repair the damage and the taxpayer to foot the bill.

“I would urge anyone considering a BBL to think twice before taking an offer that seems too good to be true.”