Cosmetic Interventions
House of Lords
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to introduce mandatory regulation of the cosmetic surgery and cosmetic interventions industry, and on what basis the voluntary system of regulation of this industry is predicated.
Earl Howe (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Quality), Health; Conservative)
We have asked Sir Bruce Keogh, the National Health Service medical director, to lead a review into all aspects of the regulation of cosmetic surgery and other cosmetic interventions with the potential to cause harm, and we cannot pre-empt the outcomes of that review. Many aspects of cosmetic treatment are already subject to statutory regulation: for instance, hospitals and clinics that provide cosmetic surgery are regulated by the Care Quality Commission; and cosmetic implants are subject to the European Union's medical devices directives.