Plastic Surgery: Regulation

(asked on 12th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all surgeons offering cosmetic procedures in the private sector are certified by the Royal College of Surgeons.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 17th October 2017

The Government is committed to the effective regulation of those performing cosmetic procedures. Following Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of the regulation of cosmetic interventions, the Royal College of Surgeons has published a set of professional standards for cosmetic surgery and has launched a new certification scheme. This allows patients to search for a surgeon, including those in the private sector, who has appropriate training, qualifications and experience to perform the procedure they are considering.

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