In its response to the 2022 Select Committee Report on the Impact of Body Image on Mental and Physical Health, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced it will consider introducing premises standards for practitioners performing non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England.
Currently, English practitioners providing non-surgical aesthetic treatments are not required to meet any premises standards before performing them, as only certain medical procedures require a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration.
The DHSC acknowledges that, “There are currently no specific premises standards for beauty salons and non-CQC-registered premises providing non-surgical cosmetic procedures. We will consider whether specific premises standards are needed and what they should include. We also want to ensure that we do not duplicate inspection regimes. We will, therefore, continue to work with the CQC to ensure that, if introduced, any new premises standards operate consistently with regulatory frameworks already in place.”
In a statement following this news, the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP) has stated, “The JCCP remains firmly of the opinion that the DHSC should require all practitioners who provide non-surgical procedures that are included within the scope of the new license must provide evidence that they possess a premises license that is designed to meet the specific needs of the aesthetics sector.”
Aesthetics will continue to report on developments in aesthetics regulation as they emerge.
