REGULATIONS Understanding Regulation InThe UK
It’s not just important to check out who’s performing the procedure, but also where it’s taking place. All independent clinics and hospitals that provide cosmetic surgery must be licensed with the Care Quality
Commission.That includes treatments that use lasers such as laser eye correction, laser lipolysis and any other type of cosmetic surgery that involves a full or local anaesthetic.
The CQC provide the following guidelines for those considering a surgical procedure:
• Check on their website that the hospital or clinic is registered and do not sign up if they cannot show you that they are registered.
• Remember, if the hospital or clinic is not registered, their insurance may not cover them or you if anything goes wrong.
•When you have made sure they are registered, find out more about the quality of their services by looking at their latest inspection report.
• Ask them to give you a copy of their patient
guide.This is a document that all cosmetic clinics and hospitals must provide.
Cosmetic treatments that do not involve surgery, or lasers and intense pulsed lights, such as muscle relaxing injections, dermal fillers and skin peels, are not regulated by CQC but you put yourself at risk of harm if these procedures are not carried out correctly.
The CQC recommends that if you are considering having any of these non-surgical procedures then it is important to do the following:
• Research the procedure and understand the side-effects and possible complications.
• Make sure that staff are properly trained and experienced enough to carry out the treatment safely and correctly.
• Ensure that the clinic or salon is insured to carry out the procedure so that you are protected if anything were to go wrong.
Qualifications A-Z What do all those abbreviations mean?
BChD - Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS - Bachelor of Dental Surgery FDSRCS -
Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons FRCA - Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists FRCOthph -
Specialist Fellowship in Ophthalmology (for eye specialists) FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England FRCS (Ed) -
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FRCSI - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland FRCS (GenSurg) - Specialist Fellowship in General Surgery FRCS (Glas) -
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow FRCS (OMFS) -
Specialist Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
FRCS (ORL) - Specialist Fellowship in Otorhinolayryngology (head and neck/facial plastic surgery)
FRCS (Otol) - Specialist Fellowship in Otolaryngology (for ear, nose and throat surgery)
FRCS (Plast) -
Specialist Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England who has passed specialist examinations in plastic surgery
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery MBChB - Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery MFDSRCS -
Member in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons
MRCOthph - Member of the Royal College of Opthalmologists (for eye specialists) RGN - Registered General Nurse RN - Registered Nurse
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