Tighter cosmetic surgery regulations announced

Hi all, just noticed on the news this morning the government are to implement tighter regulations for cosmetic surgery in the new year including a register for every breast implant procedure, just as they already do for say a hip replacements etc,.details of surgery type of implant will be added to the register, and there will be tighter regulations on cosmetic surgery in general including a clamp down on sales techniques  etc. X
http://news.sky.com/story/1187962/breast-implants-plan-for-industry-regulation

Just heard on radio if u have implants in.England now u need to sign a register so u can be easily tracked? xx

I have seen this too on BBC.... Sounds Marvellous and about time!
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I read on bbc news that when you have BA then u need to be registered but we have already ad our ops so I not think we'll be registered xx

:: To pilot a new register to record what breast implants are used.
:: The Royal College of Surgeons will create new qualifications and standards for cosmetic surgery.
:: A clampdown on advertising to ensure no more breast implants are awarded as competition prizes or time-limited deals.
:: Legislation will ensure that surgeons have to compensate for an injuries caused.

Yipppeeeeeeeee!  

BAAPS has been pushing for this for years now and I've been following their progress a for long time so thank you soooooo much for posting this Mirren.

This has made my day!

Its going to put a few surgeons out of business once the new qualification standards kick in - either that or give them a kick up the ass to GET those qualifications. 

Its going to add a lot of protection for us that currently aren't in place and I certainly welcome them and can't wait to see them implemented. Xx

blondie12 wrote:I read on bbc news that when you have BA then u need to be registered but we have already ad our ops so I not think we'll be registered xx

Nope. This won't apply to any of us you're right hun    This will be for the benefit of those coming to have a BA after us 'after' the regulations have been implemented, which don't forget, we're dealing with our government here, so it could still be quite some time before this actually does get passed yet. 

But its still fantastic news.

I'm most happy about surgeons qualifications actually being regulated. Its amazed me to find some clinics using only 'general surgeons' with no qualifications in plastic surgery for this procedure. So 'if' clinics are employing these surgeons to save themselves money and 'if' these surgeons are happy to work for these clinics because they still make money, its going to put an end to that! Which in my opinion for the mental welfare of the women they're operating on with having no qualifications other than being self taught and things possibly going wrong because of this is a great move!

Round of applause for BAAPS/BAPRAS who have stood fast on this and have had so many doors closed along the way as their plight has been fought by other clinics (probably because of the revenue this 'business' is pulling in right now) but they persisted regardless for the safety of the women being operated on FINALLY the government have seen sense.

Well done BAAPS/BAPRAS  

Just to add to that that BAAPS have also proposed that ALL surgeons should have their own insurance and also that surgeons flying in from abroad should meet the qualifications set as standard here in the UK.

MANY of the surgeons used in the large commercial clinics fly in from abroad and for this reason they can only be seen at certain times on a monthly basis. 

I myself when I was new to 'this business' and very ignorant, had done no research and completely naive to everything went down that road and found it costly and very hard emotionally when you need to see your surgeon but they're simply not available - sure, another surgeon was offered, but it wasn't MY surgeon. I suppose that would still apply as foreign surgeons will still fly in and fly out, but maybe had the surgeon had insurance it wouldn't have cost me a further 4 1/2K.   

BAAPS wrote:With increasing reports of patients experiencing problems trying to track down and secure compensation from surgeons who ‘fly in, fly out’ (ie are not permanently based in the UK), the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), today presents a clear-cut and cost-neutral solution. The scale of the problem is hard to estimate, they say, as many surgeons from abroad do not have indemnity policies based in this country.
According to consultant plastic surgeon and BAAPS President Rajiv Grover;
“There is a straightforward way of dealing with the lack of clarity that exists regarding which surgeons, from where, are doing what and how much in this country; and we have submitted a simple, three-fold solution to the Government:

• Informed consent: stipulating that consultations must only be held with the surgeon who is ultimately performing the operation will immediately cut down on a large number of ‘fly-in-fly-out’ practitioners that depend on UK-based sales advisors and middlemen to recruit patients for them. It would simply become unfeasible to be travelling back-and-forth so often.
  
• Insurance cover: it is essential that all surgeons are insured by either companies based in the UK or by policies that provide equivalent cover to British ones. They must specifically, unambiguously state that they cover work performed, as well as any costs should a legal case arise, in the UK.
  
• Equivalent standards: since December 2012 it has become a requirement for all doctors to be appraised and revalidated by the General Medical Council. This means that the regulatory body will ensure that standards are still being met – and skills are maintained – on an annual basis regardless of how long, or where, training and qualifications were initially attained. At the moment, if a doctor or surgeon is recognised as a specialist in their own country, they are automatically eligible to be listed in the UK’s Specialist Register as well. It would be best practice if all doctors coming from abroad had to undergo the equivalent of revalidation when they receive their GMC registration, which allows them to work in the UK.
  
  These measures do not, in any shape or form, imply that standards are lesser in other countries. Personally, I wouldn’t feel comfortable travelling regularly to Germany or France to operate without fully knowing that my insurance would cover me should something go wrong, or whether I meet the standards required in those countries. We are only proposing that practitioners from abroad be held to the same guidelines as UK-based ones: we must all prove our competency.
  
  This approach is a cost-neutral way of establishing proper informed consent, proper insurance cover, and proper standards for the benefit of all patients.”
  

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I really cannot wait till all of these proposals are implemented - can you tell how excited I am   Lol. Xx

Sounds great. 

Are you excited then Cookie. Would never have guessed ;-)     X

LOL. I've been watching this progress and posting updates here for years Jen - having seen/experienced for myself first hand some of the underhandedness involved in this business, I've been praying this day would come to stop what happened to me happening to others and to stop what I had seen, happening to women... So yeah. I am excited babe. Its been a LONG time coming this and its hard to believe in a *cough-* civilised country such as ours that something involving such seriousness has no regulation at all. At times I've felt sick having to sit this side of the keyboard not being able to voice what I want to, because what's going on is legal.... So I just have to advise accordingly in the hope that a message gets through whilst the laws stands as they do today and respect the choices all women make in regard to clinic and surgeon - and I very much do. But there's been times its been very hard. I'm just not programmed 'not to care'   

So this is very welcomed by me. Xx

About time