Botox and the need for more regulation | Letters

The government must address the gaps in the UK’s regulatory framework for cosmetic procedures meaningfully and urgently, writes Hugh Whittall; while Linda Theobald says the NHS should not pick up the pieces because of people’s vanity

The response by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to your article on Botox and dermal fillers (Botched beauty treatments prompt calls for regulation, 19 February) is concerning for a number of reasons.

DHSC claims to have put in place “stronger regulations” for such procedures since the 2013 Keogh report publicised shocking gaps in patient protection. The Nuffield Council’s own report in 2017 reinforced Keogh’s concerns, and raised more of its own – not least with respect to children’s access to these procedures. However, no regulation has changed as a result.

Continue reading... February 21, 2018 at 10:20PM