An eight-week consultation has been announced by the Department of Health into the possibility of rating cosmetic surgery clinics in the UK.

‘The move to rate cosmetic surgery clinics is a necessary step towards improving safety after high profile scares such as the PIP breast implant scandal in 2012.’

About 100 cosmetic surgery clinics will be given transparent ratings. The ratings include outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate. Since the PIP breast implant scandal in 2012, the government has been trying to ensure safer cosmetic surgery for patients. 




Hunt said, “Our proposals to extend the CQC’s powers to rate more providers are an important step forward in improving standards and will help to end the lottery of poor practice in parts of the cosmetic industry.”
The proposals also involve rating up to 1,000 providers of procedures and services including substance misuse centers, refractive eye surgery providers, independent community health providers, ambulance services and dialysis units. Clinics offering termination of pregnancy services could also be rated.
Since 2014, more than 10,000 providers have been rated by the CQC. But, it has focused on providers with the most patients, including NHS trusts, foundation trusts, GP practices, adult social care providers and independent hospitals.
Douglas McGeorge, consultant plastic surgeon and former president of the the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), said “The proposals were welcomed by the industry. However, the ratings would apply to the facilities rather than clinicians, so users still needed to be “extremely vigilant” and check their surgeon’s credentials.”
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The CQC’s remit will involve inspecting a facility or practice’s equipment, record-keeping and administrative areas, rather than individual surgeons, McGeorge said.
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Source-Medindia